Liquid Metal Question

[AdamScott85]

Following on from this thread https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/threads/awful-asus-rog-laptop-help.18927199/

Can someone clear up the best way to remove and replace liquid metal, as it is doing a terrible job.

 

[lord filbuster]

It's a bit of a pain to remove to be honest, I just used isopropyl alcohol and cotton buds or pads, it seemed to do ok.

Depending on how long its been on, it might bond/alloy to the metal of the cpu or heatsink, so it might stain both of them. I think it's safe to just ignore that and use paste as normal, once you've taken off the stuff that's still liquid. I don't think there is any easy way to remove it short of sanding it off.