Guide: lapping your HS/F

[dinos22]

i did mine in a similar way....3 hands and all hehehehe.......i continued with 1200-grit as the heatsink was also going on an IHS-less Opteron.....

I lapped the base with 180, 360, 600, 1200 grit paper on granite kitchen bench...

i wasn't after perfection as you can see but something that will get rid of the major grooves that's all.....looks better now