how to apply thermal paste to a direct touch heat pipes heatsink?

[Kaitlin Kaschak459]

ok so i picked up a used corsair A70 cpu cooler its my first non stock cpu cooler. it has direct touch heat pipes how do i apply thermal paste to it? do i do the standard pea size center method or the 2 line method below is a link to a review about the cooler so u can see what i have to work with

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/corsair-a70-cpu-cooler-review/

 

[drkatz42]

I have a similar cooler and use the pea size method with excellent results.