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13 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

I was planning on using some 70% ethanol for removing thermal paste from my CPU. Would this be safe? 

Both are non-conductive, plus they are highly volatile and polar, so you'll get rid of it easily by letting it dry and it'll dissolve thermal paste better than water

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I was planning on using some 70% ethanol for removing thermal paste from my CPU. Would this be safe? 

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2 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

I was planning on using some 70% ethanol for removing thermal paste from my CPU. Would this be safe? 

No. Pouring vodka on your cpu is not a good idea.

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13 minutes ago, Chaos_Sorcerer said:

I was planning on using some 70% ethanol for removing thermal paste from my CPU. Would this be safe? 

Both are non-conductive, plus they are highly volatile and polar, so you'll get rid of it easily by letting it dry and it'll dissolve thermal paste better than water

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ArctiClean do a great 2 step thermal paste cleaner and preparation that is easy and pretty cheap as well

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