I see these new lapping kits that are coming out and they only include a 1/4 sheet of each grit of sand paper.. This seems odd to me as every time ive attempted to lap my cpu, ive used atleast 1/2 a sheet of 3m brand paper and i dont do it for as long as yuor supposed to.
maybe im doing something wrong but this is how i do it...
1. get a bucket and put a small bit of dish washing liquid in it
2. get the sand paper and cpu block wet
3. move heatsink in 1 linear motion in 1 direction. (after about 3 or 4 "lines" my paper is grey and is very smooth from the metal shavings.
4. dip paper and heatsink into the bucket and use fingers to push off the shavings that wont leave on thier own.
5. Repeat step 3 till sand paper is ruined.
Now i dont do this for very long as i get bored quickly, but i started w/ a quick 600 grit, then 800, then 1500 3m sanding. I dont get the "mirror" shine that others seem to get unless the digicams really make it look better then it is, AND i go through more sand paper.
Whats goin on?
maybe im doing something wrong but this is how i do it...
1. get a bucket and put a small bit of dish washing liquid in it
2. get the sand paper and cpu block wet
3. move heatsink in 1 linear motion in 1 direction. (after about 3 or 4 "lines" my paper is grey and is very smooth from the metal shavings.
4. dip paper and heatsink into the bucket and use fingers to push off the shavings that wont leave on thier own.
5. Repeat step 3 till sand paper is ruined.
Now i dont do this for very long as i get bored quickly, but i started w/ a quick 600 grit, then 800, then 1500 3m sanding. I dont get the "mirror" shine that others seem to get unless the digicams really make it look better then it is, AND i go through more sand paper.
Whats goin on?