Hi, first I want to say that I cannot guarantee that this method works as good as it did for me. But according to me, this is the best application method. I will write how I did. The same cleaning product etc isnt a must...
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
CPU: AMD FX-8320
TIM: Arctic Cooling MX-4
TIM removal: Anhydrous Acetone (Free from water and oil, pure Acetone)
Microfiber-towel (Bought in a LCD cleaning kit)
Toiletpaper.
Lets go
I cleaned my CPU and Heatsink extremely throughly. I removed the worst TIM with dry toiletpaper. When the "hardjob" is done, I took a new piece of toiletpaper, soaked it in anyhdrous Acetone and started cleaning. If you use Acetone as I do, make sure that NO Acetone AT ALL, gets on the PCB, or anywhere outside the CPU platue
Clean both heatsink and CPU untill you can wipe a dry piece of toiletpaper on it, without getting any discolorment by the TIM. If you get the typical gray leftover/color on the paper, continue and clean.
Now when that is done, I took a microfiber-towel, wiped the CPU and heatsink 2-3 times, just to get rid of any possible "LINT" from the toiletpaper. I put very little Acetone on the microfiber towel, and just did some fine-cleaning. End it by wipe the cpu and HS with a dry part of the microfiber towel.
I inspected the HS and CPU towards a strong lightsource, to see if any leftovers were noticeable
Now, its time to tint your HS. Apply some TIM on the HS, spread it out evenly with a plastic card untill it looks nice and fine.
Then, I took my microfiber towel and started to wipe off the TIM I recently applied over the HS. With light pressure, I removed like 90% of the TIM, until its almost impossible to see that there is TIM on it. Do NOT use any Acetone when doing that
Now, the HS will have a XTREMELY thinn TIM layer, that will fill the microscopic holes and such, and provide full contact as possible.
Then just put a small dot of TIM in the middle of the CPU and install the heatsink!
I hope this will work as good as it did for me. My CPU socket idle temp went from 38-40C, to 32-34C idle. I havent measured in load yet, but it will come
I hope this is appreciated! Thanks
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
CPU: AMD FX-8320
TIM: Arctic Cooling MX-4
TIM removal: Anhydrous Acetone (Free from water and oil, pure Acetone)
Microfiber-towel (Bought in a LCD cleaning kit)
Toiletpaper.
Lets go
I cleaned my CPU and Heatsink extremely throughly. I removed the worst TIM with dry toiletpaper. When the "hardjob" is done, I took a new piece of toiletpaper, soaked it in anyhdrous Acetone and started cleaning. If you use Acetone as I do, make sure that NO Acetone AT ALL, gets on the PCB, or anywhere outside the CPU platue
Clean both heatsink and CPU untill you can wipe a dry piece of toiletpaper on it, without getting any discolorment by the TIM. If you get the typical gray leftover/color on the paper, continue and clean.
Now when that is done, I took a microfiber-towel, wiped the CPU and heatsink 2-3 times, just to get rid of any possible "LINT" from the toiletpaper. I put very little Acetone on the microfiber towel, and just did some fine-cleaning. End it by wipe the cpu and HS with a dry part of the microfiber towel.
I inspected the HS and CPU towards a strong lightsource, to see if any leftovers were noticeable
Now, its time to tint your HS. Apply some TIM on the HS, spread it out evenly with a plastic card untill it looks nice and fine.
Then, I took my microfiber towel and started to wipe off the TIM I recently applied over the HS. With light pressure, I removed like 90% of the TIM, until its almost impossible to see that there is TIM on it. Do NOT use any Acetone when doing that
Now, the HS will have a XTREMELY thinn TIM layer, that will fill the microscopic holes and such, and provide full contact as possible.
Then just put a small dot of TIM in the middle of the CPU and install the heatsink!
I hope this will work as good as it did for me. My CPU socket idle temp went from 38-40C, to 32-34C idle. I havent measured in load yet, but it will come
I hope this is appreciated! Thanks 
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