Removing thermal paste

[foster grant]

Or some old false teeth

But seriously, I use TIM Cleaner

 

[murah]

I used surgical alcohol from boots and cotton buds. Worked fine for me.

you just have to watch out for castor oil in a lot of surgical spirits

 

[flinco]

Kitchen roll all the way!

 

[mcleish]

Kitchen roll all the way!

This ^

 

[Moonchild]

I use nail varnish remover and an ear bud thing

Use nail varnish remover with caution. Some are acetone based which melts plastic. Kitchen roll and a little patience all the way.

 

[Cleisthenes]

Use nail varnish remover with caution. Some are acetone based which melts plastic. Kitchen roll and a little patience all the way.

Thanks for the heads up, I shan't be doing that again in a hurry!

 

[PieEater]

I'm a strong advocate of using some sort of solution to remove all the TIM from the cpu, including from the minute crevices on the surface of the IHS and cooler, rather than just scraping it off with some tissue.

+1 I don't think it is possible to remove all of the old TIM without using some kind of solvent that breaks it down. I would also be wary of soley using tissue / kitchen roll because this can easily leave fibres behind.

 

[havenrl]

Aye, that artic silver arcti clean is an awesome set to use.
Very quick and easy.