White Silicon Heat sink compound

alanrowell

How do you get it off a wool carpet?

bosey

if there's still an issue with your carpet overheating I would suggest leaving it on.

squeaky

I don't know of a home made remedy for this but you could try a removal product from This Company

-TangleFoot-

squeaky wrote:

you could try a removal product from This Company

I don't think that'd work - silicon is quite a different substance to silicone!

According to Arctic Silver, the best thing to use would be their own branded cleaner (well, they would say that, wouldn't they? ), but apparently a "low residual solvent" will remove most of the material, whilst any residue can be wiped off with a "lint-free cloth".

Specifically, they say:

use a xylene based cleaner ... acetone, mineral spirits, or high-purity isopropyl alcohol

Since we're not talking sensitive computer equipment here, however, I don't think that your choices will be so limited as that. I've heard that nail-varnish remover works very well, but unfortunately I've no idea what effect it would have on a woolen carpet.

From personal experience, I find that this is adequate, at least where computers are concerned; it's a citrus-based solvent.

blinky

Asaka produce a citrus oil based TIM cleaner. I wonder if some citrus based kitchen cleaner would work?

T4i

http://www.howtocleananything.com/frame.htm

These guys will know. I'm guessing lemon juice will work.