Removing Coollaboratory Liquid Pro Metal Thermal Paste

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Removing Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste

*Its actually Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste, not Liquid Metal Thermal Paste*

Im looking at reapplying some Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste on my delided i7 4770 CPU Dye. I originally applied it to my delided cpu's dye about 2.5-3 years ago but think i need to clean if off and reapply it again as my temps are creeping up.

Does this stuff come off easily enough with isopropyl alcohol and a cotton bud, also whats the tube life of this stuff as i still have plenty of it left but as i said its about 3 years old.

In regards to using normal thermal past to create a barrier between the actual CPU dye and the row of chips next to the dye, is all thermal paste non-conductive, i think i have some Arctic MX-2, Arctic silver 5. Do these normal thermal pastes have a tube life also once opened?

 

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I didn't think you could undo an application of liquid metal pro, I thought it permanently bonded to the surfaces. It also shouldn't go off, it's like a solder bridge.

Ah my mistake i just looked on my Order History and i got the, Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste, so not the Metal thermal paste stuff. Does this stuff go off at all and does it bond like the metal thermal paste stuff??

Ill change the title

 

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http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/thermal-paste-performance-benchmark,review-32804-3.html

Good luck!

Jesus!, so the stuff wont come off easily even with isopropyl alcohol then?. Has anyone on here actual cleaned this stuff from a dye before?...hows someone supposed to see a delided chip on if you can clean the stuff of as you can use iron wool on the actual dye of the cpu!?

 

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Ok thats good to hear it will come off the dye easily!

Regard using thermal paste to use as a barrier between the dye and the row of small chips running parallel with the dye, are all standard thermal pastes (Arctic silver or MX-2) non conducting?

And does the Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra Thermal Paste has a tube life at all?

 

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Nail varnish!?, should be some of that kicking about somewhere. So just brush that over the chips?

 

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Ah crap, don't have any clear nail varnish just coloured, does that matter?

 

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Well sadily i got the Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra out and its seemed to have done hard in the syringe . Guess ill have to get some new stuff.

Is the Coolaboratory Liquid Ultra still the best to use?

 

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Nah the lid was on pretty securely so not sure

 

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Guess it wasnt tight enough then.

Have any of you guys used this stuff on the actual heatsink, apart from it being a paint o clean of does it give an noticeable temp drops over Arctic Silver 5 for example?

Also would it need reapplying more often than normal paste?

 

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Stuff it ill stick withe Arctic Silver 5 then, thats stuffs been king for years and dont think anything new's come along thats as easy to use and clean which produces such good results