Best oil cleanup absorbers according to redditors

Yes, leave it for a day. You can grind the granules in with your heel to powder it and it will soak up quicker. Grind it in, come back in a couple hours, rearrange it with a wire brush, grind it in again and give it more time. Repeat as necessary, change when completely oily.

Or if you can find rice hull ash, that stuff is the shit! Use the same method above. A bag will last forever, I reuse it till it's saturated. http://smile.amazon.com/Greasweep-Multi-purpose-Premium-Oil-Absorbent/dp/B00MT3W29S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419232618&sr=8-1&keywords=greasweep

If you've power washed all the oil out and just have a stain, the litter/ash won't work. This will sound crazy but pour some transmission fluid on it and use the litter or ash. Transmission fluid has detergent in it and will float out the stain, the litter/ash will draw it out of the concrete.

Source: Veteran Mechanic with OCD.

Lmao, did the same thing with some .45 handloads a few years ago. Next time you accidentally use too much case lube just wipe the cartridges down between a couple of sheets of pig-mat

Either the 40 lb bags of oil dry or use pig mat. gotta be careful with kitty litter, use the wrong type and you'll have a gooey mess instead of dry oil filled litter

> Compaq Presario CQ5320Y

Ok, perfect. So your motherboard is a M2N68-LA. Here's the page I just looked at to find out this.

Per the HP site, that board supports up to 95 watt CPUs which means the Phenom II X6 1065T is the best CPU for your motherboard. You can probably (I'm 99% sure) put 2 8GB sticks of PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333) RAM in there as well.

But to your other questions. For installing a new CPU, or just cleaning an old one, I like this product. And this is my go to thermal paste. Lastly, just to dust a computer, I use canned compressed air. I think most of us on here do. Also, I personally will wipe down almost any part of my case with windex and a paper towel. Obviously don't get windex on any electrical component, and if you do, let it fully dry.

I used artic mx4 too, seems to be working well, might want to get some thermal paste remover too to get the factory stuff they use off. Make sure to post what Lenovo says for your country too so other people can have another reference on this, the entire viability of repasting is going on the word of just one lenovo support person so far.

XTU does indeed work perfectly, not sure how they decide what laptops it works on. Being able to use it to undervolt is super useful though I haven't figured out how to get a persistent profile working.

It only works for the CPU though, I have no clue how you would undervolt or downclock the GPU though I'd be quite interested in knowing as well.

I'm so grateful for pop os, I wish there was a way for me to donate money to them without having to buy a system76 laptop, where did you see the info on nvidia optimus? That would be useful, till now I've just consoled myself with knowing that if I wanted to do something with the GPU I'd just restart into windows anyways generally.

I got them for free, so it's what I use.

https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Arcticlean-Material-Purifier/dp/B0087X738E

Oil Dri. No guarantees on any stains the oil may leave, but this has always been the most successful for me. Any variation of that. We usually get it in a bag.

https://smile.amazon.com/New-Pig-25201-Universal-Light-Weight/dp/B005CVXKK4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1522170299&sr=8-4&keywords=oil+absorbent+mat

Using Articlean with coffee filters. One or two drops of each bottle is enough for removing completly thermal compound.

Well, it covers the center part, which emits most of the heat, but overall its purpose is to fill all the tiny gaps between the surface of the CPU and the surface of the cooler block. Your TIM looks really thick and did not spread very well.

 


I would strongly suggest that you replace it in the near future.

 

Get something like this to clean off the CPU and the Cooler block, and then apply a good Thermal Paste like this one. Keep an eye on which one you buy though, some of them conduct electricity. You don't want to apply to much of these ones, since they can short your board if not applied correctly.

Good to check =D.

I used this to clean my CPU when I swapped out my case. Makes it easy, but other ways to do it too: https://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Arcticlean-Material-Purifier/dp/B0087X738E

If the fan is in the way, it can be repositioned on the cooler. Just move it a few "rungs" up. I have a similar Noctua cooler, and that's what I've done, but my RAM is much taller than yours. You really shouldn't need to. Let me know if you need any pictures or further explanation. You don't really want to be taking off that fan. Also, just FYI, the Noctuas have little arrows in them showing the direction they push air, so make sure they're facing the right way.

Keep in mind that when you're removing the cooler, you must completely clean all thermal compound from the CPU and cooler (use 99% isopropyl rubbing alcohol, or even better something like this ArctiClean solution, and a lint-free cloth), and reapply thermal compound.

In other words, you can't just take it off and put it back on the correct way. Apologies if you already knew that, just wanted to make sure!

This stuff is magic it softens and removed the oldest and driest thermal paste with ease.

1. Im not sure i would use nail polish remover, 90%+ purity rubbing alcohol would probably be more suitable, or get something like this Amazon Link which ive used before and it works very well for removing thermal paste.
   
   
2. Thats a good thermal paste.

OP, there's a polymer that absorbs 100x its weight in liquids and it's used in haz mat products and many other products today.

• Here is a water absorbing snake to use as an alternative.
  It's reusable. This one absorbs 10x its weight in water.
  
• It appears each one of these snakes absorbs 52 gallons of water. Or maybe the whole box absorbs 52 gal of water.
  
• You can get it as "fake snow" in hobby shops but it's in small amounts and is somewhat pricey.
  
• And here it is! Sodium polyacrylate. It's a loose powder and turns into a gel but absorbs 500x its weight in water. $4.25usd. 1 lb for $20usd. This might be the same stuff that is in granule form (which you can put in a sock) used to keep your plants damp, found in the garden center.
  
• Here are the crystals you can put in a sock! Only $20usd. Reusable. Dry out in your oven at about 150F.
  
  
  
  
  

I would try something like this oil absorbing powder..... Gets used in automotive situations frequently, so you may know someone who has some.

https://www.amazon.com/ESP-MM503-Universal-Absorbent-Absorbency/dp/B00BFIR9NC/ref=sr_1_3?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1475239568&sr=1-3&keywords=oil+absorbing+powder