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I have used straight water before. Not suggested but it worked just fine. Your stuff is perfectly ok to use. 

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Hello everyone,

Being my hypochondriac self I need confirmation that stuff would be okay to clean off thermal paste.

Thank you. 

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It'll do... 99% would be preferable, and shouldn't be hard to find. But you can use 70% as well.

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Just now, Imakuni said:

It'll do... 99% would be preferable, and shouldn't be hard to find. But you can use 70% as well.

I just use those little towelette wipes/alcohol wipes.

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1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

I just use those little towelette wipes/alcohol wipes.

Another viable option.

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its fine, i used gasoline last time i needed to clean thermal paste and that worked fine, wouldent recomend using gasoline tho, lots of fumes. 

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19 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

It'll do... 99% would be preferable, and shouldn't be hard to find. But you can use 70% as well.

I've looked for 99% but I can't find it anywhere and I need it like now. As long as this will do, then this will do :)

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I have used straight water before. Not suggested but it worked just fine. Your stuff is perfectly ok to use. 

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23 minutes ago, Webber said:

I've looked for 99% but I can't find it anywhere and I need it like now. As long as this will do, then this will do :)

For the future: At least here in Germany you can buy 99% isoprop. alcohol in pharmacies. 100ml cost usually about 1-3 Euro depending where you buy it.

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