<div dir="ltr"><div>A thin layer of epoxy?<br><br></div>Jaycar has double sides tape stuff specifically designed for gluing on heatsinks it works well.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Volker Kuhlmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:list0570@paradise.net.nz" target="_blank">list0570@paradise.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have a pile of warm-white LEDs that'd be good for small lighting<br>
applications, like the corner of a cupboard. Some are straight SMD (but<br>
not tweezer size), some are mounted on a small ceramic/etc plate.<br>
Basically, all lighting LEDs are SMD because that's the only way to get<br>
the heat off.<br>
<br>
Ideally I'm imagining a sticky heatsink compound because it deals with<br>
both mechanical and heat problems. Has anyone tried that? And what's the<br>
recommendation for which compound to use...? There's lots of stuff on<br>
aliexpress, but how to avoid wasting time and money on too cheap stuff<br>
isn't obvious.<br>
<br>
Thanks muchly,<br>
<br>
Volker<br>
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