Cleaning CPU - Surgical Spirit

iNPUt · 16 Jul 2009 at 16:38

Hi guys just wondering if this would be okay to clean a cpu/heatsink with this.
Or should I go with 99% alcohol, the castor oil scares me a little.

Its ingredients are:

Castor Oil - 2.5%
Methyl Salicylate 0.5%
Diethyl Phthalate 2.0%
Industrial Methylated Spirit. 95%.

Mal X · 16 Jul 2009 at 16:50

iNPUt said:
Hi guys just wondering if this would be okay to clean a cpu/heatsink with this.
Or should I go with 99% alcohol, the castor oil scares me a little.

Its ingredients are:

Castor Oil - 2.5%
Methyl Salicylate 0.5%
Diethyl Phthalate 2.0%
Industrial Methylated Spirit. 95%.

try to get ALCOHOL without any oil in it.............if possible

iNPUt · 16 Jul 2009 at 17:10

Just went to chemist and got some isopropyl alcohol. 500 ml should last me a life time ...

JonJ678 · 16 Jul 2009 at 17:25

Good shout, surgical spirit would have been a mistake. How much was the 1/2 litre out of interest?

JeremyW · 16 Jul 2009 at 17:27

Last time I got some from the chemists it cost me 4GBP

domthecondom · 16 Jul 2009 at 17:33

there is some nice lemon smelling akasa stuff you could use

maddness · 16 Jul 2009 at 17:44

yeah i use that, the arctic clean:

thermal material remover (lemon one

)
thermal surface purifier

someone gave me it when i bought a cpu and swore buy it cleaning powers

it does work but im sure there are plenty of alternatives

iNPUt · 16 Jul 2009 at 18:25

It cost 5.50, im sure if you hunt about a bit you can get it much cheaper. Doesnt smell
too good though.

unknownsock · 17 Jul 2009 at 10:25

I got 500ml of isopropynol from that wel known auction site, £2.80!
Not as strong as the industrial stuff i use at work (which melts plastic!)

But a very good cleaner.

Jimmy23 · 17 Jul 2009 at 11:10

Lol i think i might of bought from the same seller on that very well known auction site

same price and size i got.

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Jul 2009 at 11:20

akasa TIM removal lemon stuff ***. 2 bottle free from Iseries Lans, actually nearly managed to use one up....nearly 2 years later.

Mal X · 17 Jul 2009 at 14:39

use non perfumed nail varnish remover

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Jul 2009 at 14:51

Mal X said:
use non perfumed nail varnish remover

Do not.

iNPUt · 17 Jul 2009 at 14:59

Used Isopropyl alcohol, now only see 2 cores out of 4, maybe I should have used some
nice smelling nail varnish instead, LOL.

But seriously this problem is annoying, can live with it for now tho.

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:22

you did let it dry off afterwards right? and also you didnt happen to get any dust or scratches or lint (if you didnt use a lint free cloth) on the underside of the cpu did you?>

BIGBC · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:23

Would mineralised methylated spirits be suitable ?

Mal X · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:34

Ch3m1c4L said:
Do not.

well it definitely reduced the temperatures :cool:

JonJ678 · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:37

And it definitely left crap on the surface of the processor.

Meths would work, but also leave residue. To be fair just scraping it off with a stick will work, just not as well as doing it with isopropyl

milkinc13 · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:41

domthecondom said:
there is some nice lemon smelling akasa stuff you could use

like the smell of that & it does exactually what it says on the tin

Mal X · 17 Jul 2009 at 15:46

JonJ678 said:
And it definitely left crap on the surface of the processor.

Meths would work, but also leave residue. To be fair just scraping it off with a stick will work, just not as well as doing it with isopropyl

yes, you have to wipe the processor dry, plus the cooler; i didn't let mine air dry.... because i realised that Nail varnish remover wasn't perfect, but it's all i could get hold of.

i'm happy to use it all the time... no worries, just as long as you wipe it totally dry