Overheating after applying liquid thermal

[Goobla]

My Acer Predator Helios 300 G3-571 had been getting high temps, around the upper 80's and sometimes 90's. I know this is a tolerable temp for the CPU and GPU, and regular temps for this laptop, but my fingers usually get uncomfortably hot after about 30 mins of gaming. I noticed that some people on YouTube applied liquid thermal with this laptop had much lower temps then stock. I decided to try this out. After applying applying new thermal pads, acrylic coating, electrical tape, and liquid thermal on my CPU and GPU, my laptop successfully booted up (so no circuits were shorted). However, my fans started going to max and temps were 87-95 just being on idle, and would stay up there. I even booted in the BIOS and fans blasting out. I've tried to reapply liquid thermal 3 times and had same results. I don't think my thermal pads are too thick since tutorials shown to use 1.5mm pads, just as I did, and even squeezed them. I'm pretty sure it's because heatsink isn't having contact with the CPU and GPU, but I've pushed down on the heatsink while screwing it back in to close the gap, but still getting same temps. Anything I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

[Jurrunio]

1. how thick are the stock pads?

 

2. did you cover the base plate of the heatsink with liquid metal as well?

[Goobla]

1.  1.5mm

2. Yes, I did, I should've said that before.

[Goobla]

Actually, it seems to be 1mm. But this is sort of out on the side and not near the chips. Nonetheless, I bought 1mm pads which will arrive tomorrow and I'll see if that makes a diffrence.

[Goobla]

Before I replace the pads, does the liquid metal need to be cleaned and reapplied, or can the same liquid be used?