arctic cleaning

evulboo · 14 Feb 2006 at 10:21

i should be reciving a new gfx fan and hsf today so will need to clean all the old gunk off, no i vae here the misses nail varnish remover but not to sure if its going to be ok, it does evaporate but not sure if it leaves behind a residue.

dunno if u lot could tell me if i type out the ingrediants? will try

acetone
aqua
glycerin
methylparaben
bht
dmdm hydantoin
benzophenone-1
lanolin

pegasus1 · 14 Feb 2006 at 11:11

evulboo said:
i should be reciving a new gfx fan and hsf today so will need to clean all the old gunk off, no i vae here the misses nail varnish remover but not to sure if its going to be ok, it does evaporate but not sure if it leaves behind a residue.

dunno if u lot could tell me if i type out the ingrediants? will try

acetone
aqua
glycerin
methylparaben
bht
dmdm hydantoin
benzophenone-1
lanolin

Isopryl Alchohol, cost a couple of quid for a can that will last ages from a well known electrical parts resaler

n3x · 14 Feb 2006 at 11:42

nail varnish has perfumes and other nasty things in it im told... get some of what pegasus said.

FergCu · 14 Feb 2006 at 18:20

I also use Timclean by akasa. its a lemon based solvent that works brilliantly. and smells nice too!

iraiguana · 14 Feb 2006 at 18:26

that would be citric acid then ?

FergCu · 14 Feb 2006 at 23:05

lol... yup, thats probably it! sometimes i feel preeeetty stupid. hehehe

WJA96 · 15 Feb 2006 at 07:01

No, it's actually scented with the oil from the fruit. It's more like a chocolate orange.

I recommend Forward Chemicals Cleaning Wipes. They are dry to the touch, but are impregnated with a very nasty solvent that shifts almost anything. You can rub a cpu cooler for hours and leave black marks on these tissues. It really horrified me the amount of carp embedded in the surface of a CPU cooler. Then I was horrified at how much better the cooling was once all the imperfections had been filled with AS5.

evulboo · 15 Feb 2006 at 09:43

ok cheers guys, for now i will just wipe the old stuff off till i get a tub of acetone

iraiguana · 15 Feb 2006 at 11:21

just try and avoid getting the acetone on anything plastic and you will be fine, seen that if the plastic is the wrong type (eg a calculator) it can dissolve it

evulboo · 15 Feb 2006 at 17:45

Found out my gf's old man had a tup of acetone so ive used that

my 6800gt was at 77c idle and is now @ 46-47 idle

im now using the vf700-cu @ 5v

im well pleased with it.. dropped 30c odd and no longer sounds like a 747 at take off