Thermal paste idea

[MrPerforations]

Hello Forum,
i work with epoxy a lot and we use heat to lower the viscosity of the glues to make them flow better and as im using it as a coating, thinner is better.
i just thought of using heat to lower the viscosity of thermal paste to improve the application.
not dont it yet, but thining , dump the thermal paste in to a bag and then put the bag in hot water.
it should save the amount of thermal paste and provide a better coating.
anyone done this yet please?
best regards,
Mr Perforations

 

[Shrek]

Why? it gets hot in use.

 

[lightning70]

I've never tried. I apply and use it directly. Conductivity is good as I use a quality paste (MasterGel Marker). Liquid paste is mostly the job of professionals.

 

[Lei]

@MrPerforations
Try Thermalright TF7
It's carbon based and more viscous. It's like peanut butter comparing to Kryonaut which is like mustard oil.
@freeagent also uses TF7

dump the thermal paste in to a bag and then put the bag in hot water.
it should save the amount of thermal paste and provide a better coating.
anyone done this yet please?

I think if u heat it before application, it cures, so it may not go well.

 

[sneekypeet]

In thoery, I understand where you are going, but in reality, thermal paste is one of the most affordable parts of a PC, and a tube lasts forever. So why the worry about how much you are using as the conclusion to your way of thinking. Plus, you would lose more paste to the bag then you would apply, unless you plan to scrape it all out.

As a guy who has tried a ton of stupid shit over the years, and many a paste, I can say that any way I put dobs on the CPU, patterned, spread, whatever....under load, there is almost no difference in overall loaded thermal results. Somewhere in the range of a degree, + or - half a degree, which is well within margin of error when CPUs get as hot as they do under synthetic load scenarios.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Hello Forum,
i work with epoxy a lot and we use heat to lower the viscosity of the glues to make them flow better and as im using it as a coating, thinner is better.
i just thought of using heat to lower the viscosity of thermal paste to improve the application.
not dont it yet, but thining , dump the thermal paste in to a bag and then put the bag in hot water.
it should save the amount of thermal paste and provide a better coating.
anyone done this yet please?
best regards,
Mr Perforations

I have but it depends on the paste, I had to do this with arctic(I think )silver ceramique, it took the strength of a bear to squeeze some out without pre heating it.

Most Good pastes are developed so this wouldn't matter though.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah I haven't had a thermal paste that was so hard/ thick that I've had difficulty applying it
Most have been fairly wet and if left on cpu a little 10-20 minutes it drys up some

So if you have dry paste seems like it's a really old tube, which all have self life limits it might just be time to toss it these are usually less than 10.us products but they sure get more attention or buzz than any item I've ever noticed cheap trills

My new tube of mx-6 wasn't very wet though.

 

[KLiKzg]

1st of all, why do that to a paste? If it gets too much "liquid", it would run all around?

2nd, idea is OK...though most paste are designed to work in conditions from 0°~150°C.

3rd, why not apply the paste on normal room temp., while you heat up the radiator on (lets say) 50°C. This will get you the same amount of viscosity.
& when it is all settled in, mount the fans (if that can be done later).

Just giving my input, as I do design a processes.

 

[maxfly]

I'm pretty sure he's suggesting that he place the paste while in its tube, in a bag, then put it in warm water. To help with ease of application. I remember having to do this with ic7 diamond paste but it didn't help much. That stuff was like half dried cement. But with more recent pastes, I haven't had much of a problem in getting a good even spread. There are variances between brands of course but not to the degree that any would need to be warmed.