Ratio was varied. Both times I used around a rice-size of ICD, but the first time I just dripped a drop of alcohol from the cap, which created somewhere between a very thin paste and a liquid suspension. The second mix I just dipped the tip of the very small flathead (that was also used to mix) into the alcohol, and mixed the little dribble on the flathead in with the TIM. This resulted still in a definite paste, albeit a very thin one, akin to, say Turniq TX-2. But due to the alcohol's rapid evaporation, it seemed to be safe to err on the more side: within 1 minute, most of the alcohol was gone, and the thin paste became something similar to G-751, and within two minutes, I was close to the original consistency. Due to such a short time frame, the mixing should probably be done right on the heatspreader, with the heatsink ready to mount immediately.


Also, terminology note: we should all refer to IC Diamond shorthand as "ICD", like Vapor does, rather than "IC7". I called it IC7 simply because others did, but the "7" on the label merely means "7 carat"... and they also have a 24 carat tube... so, yah. Knowing is half the battle'n'all...