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Old 23rd July 2004, 22:31   #1
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Hi, i want to clean my heatsinks (from my CPU and VGA block) with tomato ketchup (as i heard it would work great)

so i put it on like 10 minutes agon how long should it stay on to get a fine, shiny and corrosive-free result?

any1 with tips, tricks or hints would be great if you share em with me
 
Old 23rd July 2004, 22:46   #2
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Which brand of ketchup ?
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Old 23rd July 2004, 22:51   #3
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heatsinks with ketchup?? that ain't necessary, ketchup is for waterblock and i always use it with a thooth brush, and it doesn't get shiny with that

oh and i use regular Heinz
 
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i'm sorry, i ment blocks for watercooling :P
so just sweep it of with e.g. a toothbrush? good, i thought i had to let the ketchup work into the block a bit my bad
 
Old 23rd July 2004, 23:44   #5
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I've seen someone putting his SLK in a pot of ketchup, helps against fingerprints .
 
Old 24th July 2004, 01:38   #6
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coke works too. (no NOT cocaine)
 
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