AS3 epoxy and creamiuqe

[Tismedt]

Couple questions.
1 Does Artic Alumima Epoxy go bad?

2 If not does it mix with Artic Silver Ceramiuqe?

I tried and it didnt work but my epoxy is about a yr old and I've only used it once. Did I put much creamiuqe in? My mix was equal parts epoxy and then a equal part of ceramiuqe.

[Mico]

Sorry for asking, but why would you want to mix them? Just use the Cermique by itself.

[Tismedt]

I'm trying to glue HS on my mosfits and South Bridge

[Mico]

Ah, sorry, I didn't see the Epoxy part. Hmm...I don't think they will mix too well. They aren't composed of the same stuff, I don't think.

[Tismedt]

I tried again and couldnt get it to work. I think I keep getting too much ceramiuqe in the mix.Broke out the trusty super glue and hit the corners. Its all good now but they aint comin off ever again.

[Mico]

You can always try the freeze and twist method, should you need to get it off.

[Tismedt]

I've never tried that but if I really want to get the stuff off the freezer method it is.

[Silversinksam]

Originally posted by Tismedt
Couple questions.
1 Does Artic Alumima Epoxy go bad?

2 If not does it mix with Artic Silver Ceramiuqe?

I tried and it didnt work but my epoxy is about a yr old and I've only used it once. Did I put much creamiuqe in? My mix was equal parts epoxy and then a equal part of ceramiuqe.

Thats a very good question regarding Arctic Alumina and Arctic Alumina adhesive, I'll find out for you.

Regarding it going bad, I doulbt it, I have a prototype set of silversinks that I used Arctic Alumina adhesive as a test over a year ago, I couldnt remove the silver base depite using a 5lbs rubber mallet and a jewlers chisel using the freezer trick. Theres no leverage.

Now using AAA and AS3 adhesive on heatinks that are larger, I've never not been able to remove the heatsink using the freezer trick. (and not causing any damage to the component)

[Colin]

Tismedt - If both parts of the adhesive flowed out of the syringe, it should be fine. When things start to go sour, Part B, the catalyst, gets lumpy. To prevent this, store the product away from UV light high temperatures, preferably in a refrigerator. This is good advice for long term storage for any epoxy.

While mixing with Ceramique should work, we no longer recommend cutting our thermal adhesives with our thermal compounds. Without the ability to control the surfaces to be bonded, preparation of the surfaces, clamping force during cure time, etc., we cannot guaranty the bond strength of a diluted adhesive. It’s more important that a heatsink does not fall of a critical component thus minimizing the possibility failure than the ability to remove a heatsink in the future.

Colin Thompson
Arctic Silver, Inc.

[Thelemac]

Er, did you miss the cooling section?