what to look for in nail polish for cpu delid

[Jumballi]

getting some nail polish for a cpu delid I'm doing, and I was wondering if there's anything I should look out for. If there's a brand I could get at a target, walmart, or cvs, just let me know as well.

[GoldenLag]

i might not be all up to date on CPU delidding. but why nail polish?

[Arttu89]

 

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

i might not be all up to date on CPU delidding. but why nail polish?

 

To coat the area around the CPU die, in case the liquid metal flows over and shorts some resistors out.

 

I know Gamers Nexus did a piece on what you should watch out for with nail polish, but I can't find it right now.

[Simon771]

3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

i might not be all up to date on CPU delidding. but why nail polish?

To protect connectors inside the CPU.

I used clear nail polish for my delid process, and I haven't had any problems with it so far.

Wasn't really looking for anything specific, just wanted it to be clear nail polish and not some sort of colored with sprinkles

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, Arttu89 said:

 

 

To coat the area around the CPU die, in case the liquid metal flows over and shorts some resistors out.

 

I know Gamers Nexus did a piece on what you should watch out for with nail polish, but I can't find it right now.

ah, forgot about that one. 

 

any old nailpolish should do. you could also do non-corrosive glue. non-corrosive being key as it wont dig into anything. 

 

edit: nailpolish is offcourse the preffered and easiest method. 

[Arttu89]

Found it!

 

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

i might not be all up to date on CPU delidding. but why nail polish?

Der8auer recommended it in his W-3175x delidding video. To protect the SMD Capacitors from liquid metal.
 

 

[GoldenLag]

Just now, Spotty said:

Der8auer recommended it in his W-3175x delidding video. To protect the SMD Capacitors from liquid metal.

i forgot nailpolish in relation to delidding for liquid metal. when just replacing with better paste you dont have to do that one. 

[Spotty]

Make sure to get Intel Blue or AMD Red nail polish depending on which CPU you have. Don't do what Der8auer did and put AMD Red on an Intel CPU. /s

[Simon771]

4 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Make sure to get Intel Blue or AMD Red nail polish depending on which CPU you have. Don't do what Der8auer did and put AMD Red on an Intel CPU. /s

Just be a man and put pink nail polish under the CPU!

[Jumballi]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

Just be a man and put pink nail polish under the CPU!

don't temp me

[DezGalbie]

As long as it matches the lipstick on your GPU you're good to go.

[Mick Naughty]

Pick from the video I took with me when shopping for mine. I just got nail hardener from my mothers house. Wasn’t gonna pay for something like that. 

[JeLa]

For posterity:

 

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3060-7900x-delidding-and-liquid-metal

 

"Nail polish typically has nitrocellulose or another functionalized cellulose in it which forms a thin, stable film without a gap over items such as fingernails, or the capacitors you used it over. A alkyl acetate helps move it into place, and then promptly evaporates leaving behind just the thin film.

 

"Some nail polish formulations have benzene derivates. Toluene is a prime candidate used by some companies, which does a similar job as nitrocellulose. Look at the composition before buying or using these, as toluene isn't nice to play with even at lower concentrations."

 

Just check the ingrediants.

 

[Mister Woof]

What chip?

 

If 7th/8th gen desktop, there's nothing on there even close to the die

 

I used nothing on my 8700k and it's been almost two years

[Tonberry]

I didnt use any coating on those 4 tiny conductive dots on my 8700K, I left them uncoated.

 

It runs without a single problem since day 1 I delidded it with TG Conductonaut, it's more than a year ago and now it's still running strong at happy temps.

[JeLa]

It's not required.  It is a safety precaution to prevent liquid metal from shorting out components (especially if one uses too much LM) on the CPU and to give the components more stabily in case you accidentally bump them while cleaning off old glue.