How do i remove Arctic alumina epoxy?

JoeCrappa · Feb 27, 2002

This stuff is HARD! man. i took the blorb off my gf3 ti500. luckily for me the arctic alumina didn't hold on to my gf3 core at all...it just came off nice and clean...but it was all stuck to my blorb. how do i take it off my blorb?

Diggrr · Feb 27, 2002

Lots and lots of lapping.

VotTak · Feb 27, 2002

Is this epoxy ?

JoeCrappa · Feb 27, 2002

yes its epoxy. I HATE LAPPING! it hurts my puny little arms. i wish i could lap with my left arm too...but it feels so weird.

{PMS}fishy · Feb 27, 2002

Possibly try freezing it and seeing if that makes it more brittle, make then you can smack it on the table and shatter and come right off. Or hopefull it would be eaiser to pry off.

JoeCrappa · Feb 27, 2002

can't pry...can't get under the epoxy....but that freezing and smacking up the epoxy sounds good... [walks to the freezer and puts blorb inside....waits]

AntiHeiss · Feb 27, 2002

Haha...sorry to hear it Joe. But I think your answer may just be "very carefully" or maybe "with lots of time, strength and lapping" whichever you choose. Good luck....glad its you and not me.

buffhr · Feb 27, 2002

id try the freezer trick if that a no go then id just trow it away and get a new one (not worth the trouble IMo to lap it to take it off) since you can often get them for like 5-7$ on msg boards like [h] in the for sale/trade forum.

AntmanMike · Feb 27, 2002

Yah, i used epoxy (Arctic Alumina) on my RAMSINKS (stupid, i know). Any way i can get THOSE off without pulling the RAM off?

{PMS}fishy · Feb 27, 2002

How thick is the Epoxy. Just take a belt sander to it to remov ethe majority of it and then lap the rest.

QSW · Feb 27, 2002

I dunno abt Artic Alumina but for Artic Silver epoxy, I soak a cotton pad with nail polish remover and let it sit on the heatsink for a while, after a while the epoxy can be scraped off pretty easily.

Starfoxer · Feb 27, 2002

let that thing sit in some ACTONE or NAIL POLISH
REMOVER. you should be able to rub it off after
that.

Darrenct · Feb 27, 2002

So, just in case I ever take off one of my heatsinks that is glued on... What do you do if there is epoxy stuck to the chip itself... You can't lap a computer chip...

Ichelo351 · Feb 27, 2002

awww who says you can't lap a chip?? come on, be adventuresome

i would think that the actone or nail polish remover would work, you just have to be really careful with it.

Starfoxer · Feb 27, 2002

i even used lighter fluid once and that worked fine on a pentium
that i was removing some thermal goo from.

JoeCrappa · Feb 27, 2002

did you light it in fire too? that would be one HOT *** chip!

Crazy Jayhawk · Feb 27, 2002

JoeCrappa said:
did you light it in fire too? that would be one HOT *** chip!

Giving a whole new meaning to "burn in..."

maxwell1295 · Feb 27, 2002

Acetone or nail polish remover will be ineffective on an epoxy once it's set. Your best bet (other than lapping, which is probably the safest) you can probably just use a heat gun to break down the epoxy and then scrape it off.

JoeCrappa · Feb 27, 2002

ok well its in the freezer right now...i'll take it out in a bit and try to jab the stuff off...i'm actually trying to make this blorb into a waterblock for my graphics card.

customrig · Feb 27, 2002

let us know how it turns out

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