I assume you are cleaning the thermal paste off of your GPU chip and its heat sink. Ethyl Alcohol will cut through most oils and will clean the thermal paste off. But you should use a stronger solvent like toluene afterwards to clean off the residual materials off the chip & heat sink.
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I assume you are cleaning the thermal paste off of your GPU chip and its heat sink. Ethyl Alcohol will cut through most oils and will clean the thermal paste off. But you should use a stronger solvent like toluene afterwards to clean off the residual materials off the chip & heat sink. Denaturation is when additives are added to make the alcohol not drinkable its this additive that will leave a trace on the surface.
I assume you are cleaning the thermal paste off of your GPU chip and its heat sink. Ethyl Alcohol will cut through most oils and will clean the thermal paste off. But you should use a stronger solvent like toluene afterwards to clean off the residual materials off the chip & heat sink.