arctic silver tinting material

Enko · 04-July-04, 12:35 AM

the arctic silver instructions on their page say to use a lintless cloth such as an eye glass cleaning cloth to tint the heatsink. what do you guys use to tint the heatsink beside the cloths?

Kage · 04-July-04, 01:36 AM

Plastic sandwich baggie, like it says on AS's site?

Enko · 04-July-04, 01:51 AM

oh oops, meant what to use to clean . ..
Clean the mating surfaces completely with a low residual solvent (High-purity isopropyl alcohol or acetone will work) and a LINT FREE cloth. (i.e. lens cleaning cloth)

and again after tinting it with the plastic baggie
Re-clean the heatsink surface with a LINT FREE cloth

-=XPS=- · 04-July-04, 01:53 AM

i use a sock, and a peice of cardboad to apply and remove it... :}

hawklen · 04-July-04, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=XPS=-


	i use a sock, and a peice of cardboad to apply and remove it... :}

I use my tounge to clean the heatsink. Also, to clean any leftover AS on the cpu too.

Enko · 04-July-04, 02:23 AM

heh, guess i'll just have to go out and buy some more cloths tomorrow . .. was hoping to get both of the computers back up and running again tonight . ..

aaronrkelly · 04-July-04, 02:32 AM

Dude just rub it down with a regular clean rag or something - then hit it with a bit of compressed air to blow any possible lint off. Almost everyone has a can of compressed air.........

-=XPS=- · 04-July-04, 02:32 AM

socks work... im tellin ya...

Enko · 04-July-04, 02:35 AM

yeah, guess i'll just try the compressed air. well since that seemed like it'll work fine, i'll get to work on them.

anyways, what other cloths are lint free?

-=XPS=- · 04-July-04, 02:37 AM

female underware and socks? dunno their cloths are so much softer....why is that so....

Spectrum · 04-July-04, 10:07 AM

An old sock to clean, yes it does work well. Compressed air to remove lint and then a PCI cover bracket to apply the AS5.

Fu3lman · 04-July-04, 10:46 AM

to remove = old drive bay cover, flat edge, works in seconds

to apply = old drive bay cover, flat edge, works in seconds

flounder405 · 04-July-04, 10:48 AM

hhhhuuummm yet another use for the pr sock

-=XPS=- · 04-July-04, 12:29 PM

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Wordbiker · 04-July-04, 01:19 PM

I posted this in another thread, but....
One-use medical alcohol wipes work great for cleaning heatsinks, though if you can find them, adhesive remover pads or nail polish remover pads come in the same packaging and work for tougher goops like thermal epoxy. The little pad is a lint free cloth. Use it up and throw it away.

Edit: Oh, and I use a credit card trimmed down to size for applying TIM. Both items fit nicely into a small tool pouch.

04-July-04, 12:35 AM		#1 (permalink)
Enko Apex Tech God	arctic silver tinting cloth the arctic silver instructions on their page say to use a lintless cloth such as an eye glass cleaning cloth to tint the heatsink. what do you guys use to tint the heatsink beside the cloths? Last edited by Enko; 04-July-04 at 12:56 AM..

04-July-04, 01:51 AM		#3 (permalink)
Enko Apex Tech God	oh oops, meant what to use to clean . .. Clean the mating surfaces completely with a low residual solvent (High-purity isopropyl alcohol or acetone will work) and a LINT FREE cloth. (i.e. lens cleaning cloth) and again after tinting it with the plastic baggie Re-clean the heatsink surface with a LINT FREE cloth

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04-July-04, 01:36 AM		#2 (permalink)
Kage Lokie's Personal WU-Hoe	Plastic sandwich baggie, like it says on AS's site?

04-July-04, 01:53 AM		#4 (permalink)
-=XPS=- Banned	i use a sock, and a peice of cardboad to apply and remove it... :}

04-July-04, 02:23 AM		#6 (permalink)
Enko Apex Tech God	heh, guess i'll just have to go out and buy some more cloths tomorrow . .. was hoping to get both of the computers back up and running again tonight . ..

04-July-04, 02:32 AM		#7 (permalink)
aaronrkelly Apex Tech God	Dude just rub it down with a regular clean rag or something - then hit it with a bit of compressed air to blow any possible lint off. Almost everyone has a can of compressed air.........

04-July-04, 02:32 AM		#8 (permalink)
-=XPS=- Banned	socks work... im tellin ya...

04-July-04, 02:35 AM		#9 (permalink)
Enko Apex Tech God	yeah, guess i'll just try the compressed air. well since that seemed like it'll work fine, i'll get to work on them. anyways, what other cloths are lint free?

04-July-04, 02:37 AM		#10 (permalink)
-=XPS=- Banned	female underware and socks? dunno their cloths are so much softer....why is that so....

04-July-04, 10:07 AM		#11 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	An old sock to clean, yes it does work well. Compressed air to remove lint and then a PCI cover bracket to apply the AS5.

04-July-04, 10:46 AM		#12 (permalink)
Fu3lman Light My Fire	to remove = old drive bay cover, flat edge, works in seconds to apply = old drive bay cover, flat edge, works in seconds

04-July-04, 10:48 AM		#13 (permalink)
flounder405 The Mack Daddy	hhhhuuummm yet another use for the pr sock

04-July-04, 12:29 PM		#14 (permalink)
-=XPS=- Banned	keke pimpin powered by pedial protection

04-July-04, 01:19 PM		#15 (permalink)
Wordbiker Apex Tech God	I posted this in another thread, but.... One-use medical alcohol wipes work great for cleaning heatsinks, though if you can find them, adhesive remover pads or nail polish remover pads come in the same packaging and work for tougher goops like thermal epoxy. The little pad is a lint free cloth. Use it up and throw it away. Edit: Oh, and I use a credit card trimmed down to size for applying TIM. Both items fit nicely into a small tool pouch.