Originally posted by: mdowlin2
I have a new HSF coming in the mail, and I usually get 100% rubbing alcohol for cleaning arctic silver off, but I don't have any chemistry department connections anymore to get the pure stuff. I do however have lots of vodka on hand, would it be safe to use vodka and a coffee filter to clean it?
Edit: all I have is 80 proof, which makes me hesitant.
Procedure for using vodka to clean the heat spreader:
1. Go to Walmart and buy rubbing alcohol.
2. Use rubbing alcohol and a rag to clean heat spreader.
3. Pour vodka in a glass.
4. Drink vodka.
5. Breathe on heat spreader
6. go over the heat spreader one more time with the rag
7. Refill glass with vodka.
8. Drink vodka
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until bottle is empty.
10. Next morning, prepare and drink the coffe.
11. Around noon, install cpu on mother board (do not attempt this while performing steps 7 - 10).
12. Complete installation.