Question Paper towel OK to clean thermal paste with?

[gabness1]

I am using a kitchen towel to clean my thermal paste off my cpu, will it matter if there is a small amount of residue left even if I reapply thermal paste?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Paper towel , breaks up too much. Leaves debris.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SST61g3hnIs

 

[gabness1]

I don't have any alcohol is it OK to use 70%? I used paper towel because I've seen some you tubers do it and it working fine but otherwise I would use ipa 99 if I had it.

 

[rubix_1011]

I personally use those high-absorbency blue paper towels for automotive use- they tend to be a little more absorbent and far more resilient to tearing.

You would want to remove as much of the old paste as possible, so several wipes might be required.

 

[aldan]

shop towels work well,albeit a little expensive.lol.coffee filters work as well as anything ive used.70% iso alcohol will work but contains more water so make sure its dry before reinstalling.

 

[gabness1]

I just used coffee filter to clean it and I installed my new aio and I forgot to take off the plastic and it got to 91 degrees ☹️

 

[Darkshock]

Paper towel , breaks up too much. Leaves debris.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SST61g3hnIs

Jaystwocents does this but only because he's been doing this for a while. He reccomends coffee filters though. I personally used a q tip and 70% isopropyl alcohol because thats what i had on hand. Yes 70% isopropyl alcohol does work as linus tech tips has proven. I did hear people saying no don't use it but I figured it would work.

 

[Darkshock]

I don't have any alcohol is it OK to use 70%? I used paper towel because I've seen some you tubers do it and it working fine but otherwise I would use ipa 99 if I had it.

I used this and it worked just fine. Linus tech tips even tried this and several different liquids. You can even use the scepter of q teep and the poleesh remover of nieal (if it's acetone based).

 

[rubix_1011]

Nice Lego Movie references.

 

[Bearmann]

Here's my favorite video on the subject:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdxWtvMxXDI

Love the barking dog intro, too!