Houshold Product to remove old cpu thermal compound?

[l33t]

I don't have access to isophibopofirolic alcohol at the moment and I need to replace the retail cpu/hsf on my barton 2500. What should I use to remove the old thermal gunk that's on it now? Toilet paper? Kleenex? Qtip? Papertowel? Wax Paper? Or should I really really wait to get the right alcohol stuff.

 

[Megatomic]

I use a grease-free brake cleaner and then household rubbing alcohol followed by a shot of clean air.

 

[snidy1]

Goo off

 

[Gurck]

Lighter fluid. Not sure if the stuff for barbeque grills is the same though; I use the stuff for zippo lighters.

 

[Wolfsraider]

toothpaste
an old tooth brush and a good blasting of air after a good rinsing

did this quite a few times on my own to remove the pad

use a plastic card (like a credit card/id card) first to remove the thicker stuff


mike