god i love that stuff

I did not know that Buckeye, thx, will have to give that a go. :Hi:

Awesome pic :laughing:

Thanks mate, means alot coming from you.

Man, mine never comes off like that.
It only ever pulls off in bits, takes forever.

Maybe I need to try another kind ?

might be that, one brand i use seems to be a bit "tougher" than the other. i really like General, the other i use is Staedler.

another thing is do you take it off cold or after everything has warmed up, cold makes it come off in one piece easier. if you do prefer to take it off when warm though, always have a little piece balled up that you can use to dab the small bits around resistors and surface mount caps...the eraser likes to stick to itself. lot's of guys i have run into didn't know that, works great for getting small bits out of tight spots too :thumbsup:

I've cleaned out a couple of art stores of maleable eraser - GREAT stuff and so easy to use :)

On cleaning copper, you'll find that Bartenders Helper is awesome stuff. Never used it on a pot, but the wife uses it on our copper kitchen pots all the time and they come out looking new each time :)

got a Dice pot coming from a friend, so gonna play with that for awhile. The wife INSISTS I cannot use LN2 in my office, I can only play with it in the basement, and I can't play with it there till my daughter moves out.. which will hopefully be within the next couple of months... hopefully being the key word :(

Oh well...

What brand are you buying up? Seems the local shelves are barren, can't put my finger on the culprit :Dizzy:

Just get some brasso and extra greese for the elbow ;)

really nice guide here Deanzo, very well done.

Great guide buddy.You've made it clear to new ''players'' how to insulate safe and easy...The pics are also very cool...

just putting my 2 cents in about cleaning copper barkeeper friend is on of the best products...if u r not able to find the stuff...try wenol...its a paste and a little easier to use than brasso cause it wont get all over the place....:D cleaned alot of copper pots in my days :P

Two things wenches do:

1)Clean copper pots
2)Bring me more grog!


lol, j/k, thx Rogue, OCA Wenche cool2

:laughing: Ha ha funny supes:toungue1:

Deanzo,

I read elsewhere, you throw your board in the freezer for 2 minutes and the eraser pulls right off..



Question for you gurus of subambient enjoyment.

I used to see people recommend dielectric grease in the socket. Is that still the case, I saw no mention of it in this thread (except for PCIE slot) but I was wondering if that is just because of BGA that Intel uses now, on AMD, since it still uses a ZIF socket, would DiE grease or Vaseline be required?

Thuban returns and Crosshair being prepared with Dragon Skin. You guys better try this and throw that eraser in the trash where it belongs...:thumbsup:

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...9/DSC00459.jpg

rickster link me up again, you using the fast slow medium or 20 30 etc stuff?

i'm in :D

Fast - trial size is plenty

http://www.smooth-on.com/index.php?cPath=1115_1339

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...9/DSC00444.jpg

ordered, you convinced me rick

You won't regret and your fingers will thank you...:D

does it come off easily ?

May give this a try when my new Classy gets back from RMA

Rick showed on another thread it's pretty easy to come off and better in 1 piece!

This stuff looks amazing on that board Rick, I got to give it a go someday!

Ordered up some myself today. Looks amazing.

Would love to see that stuff in action! looks pretty nifty

Vaseline FTW :D :D

Firstly 2 layers of plastik spray on the mobo then vaseline, some paper and a piece of armaflex :)

http://i49.tinypic.com/2v952me.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/34e7nfl.jpg

I used to insulate my mboo with eraser but since I've tried vaseline I won't change it never haha

Oh so goohweeee! :)

Now thats never gonna clean up. I would only do that if i wasn't abe to RMA a board r never planned n it. Thats gotta be a bitch to clean off.

It's hard to clean it up .... that's the only problem :(
Hope the oven can do something for this mess :p

^ Alcohol/contact cleaner + compressed air ^

Its not that difficult to clean up, use the oven to warm up the p/j or a heat gun and watch most of it run right off the edge of the board.

Option #2, take a hot shower with the board with some mild detergent, don't mess with the socket pins (scrubbing) Put in clothes dryer on shoe rack on medium for an hour or more, let dry completely for another 24 and u should be good.

Dishwasher would be a lot easier...:thumbsup:

Lovin the vaseline. Messy.

It was looking to hard to clean this messy thing .
Today I had some time so I decided to give it a try :D

That's the result after 10 mins with the hair dryer lol
http://i26.tinypic.com/10n738z.jpg

looks brand new :D

sheet i don't have a hair dryer...

nice clean work Sofoklis

Vaseline is really easy to get of in the oven or with a hair dryer.

Then just put the board in the dishwasher or give it a bath:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huGl2hfzL90

Cleaning time for my R3E board.

Good as new :)
15-20 minutes in the clothes dryer and ready for business ;)

so are you cleaning it to RMA it? Or just to clean?

How safe is this method, looks like a good cleaner