Is it still safe to use this thermal paste?

[dimme]

I have a tube of Arctiv Silver that is almost 6 months old. Whenever I leave the tube on a surface and move the tube after about 24 hours, the surface is a little greasy (not silver colored though, it's transparent).
Is it still safe to use this thermal paste on a cpu since the silver is still there and is thermally conductive? Has it by any chance gotten electrically conductive, too because of the "leakage"?

Thank you in advance

 

[fury]

I would give it a good shake/mixing if I were you (just shake the tube up really hard and fast, don't stick anything in the tube to stir it with)

Silver thermal compound is electrically conductive, believe me

Just be careful not to be messy and you should be fine.

 

[dimme]

I would give it a good shake/mixing if I were you (just shake the tube up really hard and fast, don't stick anything in the tube to stir it with)

That can be a problem since the entire paste (goo) is in a seringe (spelling?).

If I use it sparingly, and don't overdo it, I should be fine.
But the Arctic Aluminas are going for 4$ right now

 

[fury]

I should've told you earlier, but OCZ Quicksilver is cheaper. Oh well, you've probably already wasted your money on that AS crap