Best thing to polish copper block?
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Me too - but use isopryl alcohol instead after the autosol.Has always worked great for me.
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I used brasso to polish it up followed by some isopropyl alcohol
Even if it makes no difference to the temps I know its clean
Even if it makes no difference to the temps I know its clean
The best way to clean the base of a block is with 1200 wet and dry on a piece of glass using water and fairy liquid.
Using Brasso on a cloth with your finger would not really be advisable.
Rubbing around with an abrasive just with your finger is going to wear the surface un-evenly.
Best to keep the base as flat as possible.
Using Brasso on a cloth with your finger would not really be advisable.
Rubbing around with an abrasive just with your finger is going to wear the surface un-evenly.
Best to keep the base as flat as possible.
Maybe if you did it a few hundred times, you don't have to apply much pressure with brasso and if you use a good thermal compound my CPU block is about 4 year's old. Just serviced my custom loop after 2 years new tubing, coolant and cleaned the block face with Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner +brasso.
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This but give it a good alcohol wipe down afterwards to clean out the oils and what not
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Also, very few blocks are perfectly even, its why we use TIM!
If you don't have Articlean, anything that cleans grease is fine like alcohol. To be perfectly honest, i very much doubt itl make any noticeable difference in temperature.
Why are you polishing the base of the block? I can only assume its to obtain better performance.
If you want the best performance I'm just pointing out that its best kept flat.
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How can using brasso in anyway make the surface un even? Im not taking a grinder or sandpaper or a file or a chisel to the contact plate (the bit that sits on the cpu) I am merely cleaning away any oxidation to make it shiny again.
All I did was apply some brasso to a cloth, rubbed down the base, wiped the brasso off and cleaned it up with rubbing alcohol.
All I did was apply some brasso to a cloth, rubbed down the base, wiped the brasso off and cleaned it up with rubbing alcohol.
If you want to use brasso, that's fine.
Use it on some blotting paper on a piece of glass. So to keep it flat and rub the block on that.
As said above I assume you are polishing the base of the block to obtain better performance else why polish it at all.
I am merely pointing out the way to do it correctly and to avoid an un-even surface.
Use it on some blotting paper on a piece of glass. So to keep it flat and rub the block on that.
As said above I assume you are polishing the base of the block to obtain better performance else why polish it at all
.I am merely pointing out the way to do it correctly and to avoid an un-even surface.
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I hardly think any amount of pressure I can apply will wear the copper so its un even.
and the reason I polished it was to make it cleaner, maybe it will help with temp's but probably not, just puts my mind at rest knowing its like new
and the reason I polished it was to make it cleaner, maybe it will help with temp's but probably not, just puts my mind at rest knowing its like new
Brasso + isopropyl alcohol (to remove residue) = YES
Is it better to buy a new waterblock whenever the old one is all oxidised and gunked up then?
(I know the threads been dormant for almost two weeks but I hadn't seen this reply).
My point was that as oxidization has 0 effect on temperatures, messing around with cleaning stuffs on the contact plate is just wasted effort/time, the only things that will ever see how shiny it is are you and the IHS, it may not be very often that something goes awry but its still risk for no reward.
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agree, just use IPA if you want to use anything, or even just a low linting cloth
anything else will potentially leave a residue, which is not what you want
No, the block was highly polished when l got it and was rather dull after 2 years of use. As for being flat, we have already answered that one.
I think most people know that face of the block or heat sink need to be grease and dirt free before applying fresh thermal paste.
Fag ash is good, sounds a bit odd, but my gran used to save it up for a once a month polish. It works on any metal, I use it on the brushed nickel on my gpu block, it works a treat. you just rub it on dry, with some kitchen roll and then polish off.