On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 11:57:16 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Silicone grease is also used as a heat conducting paste in electronics
and used to be available from RS. Farnell and teh like.

No. now that you do _not_ want !

Silicone grease is a translucent white, like uncured silicone mastic.
Heat transfer compound is bright opaque white.

Both are unpleasant and tend to get everywhere. I usually give my
silicone grease away if the tube starts to leak, because I won;t have
one in the workshop. It's disaster for any finishing or paint work you
do.

But it's not a patch on heat transfer compound for "travelling" and
staining. You'll not clean it out either. It's almost as bad as a
turmeric curry for permanently staining things you don't want it to.