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Anyone done this successfully ?, what did you use ?
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Cleaning processor pads ?
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Soldato
Isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab.
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Pads on cpu??? Or pins in socket?
Man of Honour
What do you mean by pads?
Soldato
Judging by Intel CPU I assume paste got on underside of Intel CPU? 
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If that's correct then good luck cleaning that out from the pins without damaging them. I hope it's non-conductive paste as well.
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Pads on the processor, a question that's been on my mind for a while. The gold plating can be quite thin and easy to rub off. Last processor had a mark on one pad but came off with a gentle finger nail eeek.
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Most paste is fine to stay on there as it's none conductive, but I would just use kitchen roll and just wipe it off. It's no big deal.
It's very easy.. wash it out with alcohol..
Simple.
Caporegime
This, just be really gentle, don't use any more pressure than compressing the cotton it will come off eventually. Maybe get your Mrs to do it they can be more delicate than Men with things like that.
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It's not April first is it??
It's all I've ever used, since 2000.
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They have oils and greases in them, I would assume there not going to be geate.