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Need a quick reply for Cleaning cloths.

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I'm trying to find out what type of cloth I should buy to clean the thermal paste off my processor. I'm also looking for a place to buy it from. No online stores unless they have a chain of actual stores.
 
Coffee filters are lint free. Great for windsheilds / any glass surface for that reason too , since unlike paper towels they don't leave the lint or streaks behind. And they're cheap.

GL :)
 
yes anything lint free i also suggest buying some antistatic cleaning solution normal cleaners leave material behind this stuff dries with no residue.
 
Also should I just use the acetone to clean the HSF? it's a zalman 7000A Pure CU. I've heard (I think) of people just using water. Recomended?
 
its a piece of metal man, wash it how ever you like, just make sure it dries really well before putting it back on so there's no rust.
 
I never worried about "lint free"....I use a soft rag with isopropyl alcohol to clean the goop off, then a shot of canned air to dry it off post cleaning.

Acetone is nasty stuff.....iso works just as well and isn't nearly as rough on your hands and lungs to work with.....:cool: You can get small cans of very pure iso in the paint section of big home improvement stores like Home Depot, Lowe's, etc....

Regards - B.B.S.
 
From Artic Silver's website:


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 or a coffee filter) If another thermal compound has previously been applied to the heatsink, the mounting surface should be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned with a xylene based cleaner, (Goof Off and some carburetor cleaners) acetone, mineral spirits, or 99% pure isopropyl alcohol. It is important to keep the surfaces free of foreign materials and NOT to touch the surfaces (a hair, piece of lint, and even dead skin cells can significantly affect the thermal interfaces performance, especially on modern small core CPUs as the surface area is already severely limited). In addition, oils from your fingers can adversely affect the performance by preventing the micronized silver fill from directly contacting the metal surface. (Fingerprints can be as thick as 0.005")

Looks like pure-as-you-can-get-it alcohol, or acetone (but agree it's nasty stuff) and a LINT FREE cloth is the way to do it right.

Papa-Ming thanks for the coffee filter tip. Never would have thought of that, a LOT cheaper than using up all my lens cleaners!
 
I use a old white tshirt(ones you get free from everywhere), use that with alcohol 91-99%, and you should be fine....
 
Make-up application sponges are good too, just don't put alcohol on them (it tends to dissolve them fairly quickly). They can get in between all the little transistors, edges, and what not with no problem. Problem is when my g/f finds out I've used all here makeup sponges for cleaning GPUs and CPUs

Want lots of mostly lint-free cloth, buy a big package of gun cleaning patches (the cloth type).
 
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