[time-nuts] Removing thermal tape residue?

Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani at screen.it
Sat Feb 11 17:03:46 UTC 2012


Maybe a thinner can help...

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Rob Kimberley
<robkimberley at btinternet.com>wrote:

> John,
>
> Have you tried anything yet? As a first pass I would try something
> petroleum
> based to clean. I know this has worked for me in the past.
>
> Rob Kimberley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR
> Sent: 11 February 2012 16:53
> To: Time-Nuts
> Subject: [time-nuts] Removing thermal tape residue?
>
> Is there a recommended way to remove the residue of what I presume was
> thermal tape on the heatsinks of my various telco Rb units?  It's a
> slightly
> tacky light greenish layer.  I'm guessing that for a permanent installation
> one would want to remove that residue, smooth the surface, and replace with
> new material for best thermal transfer to the heatsink.
>
> John
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