[Eeyore]

Gareth Magennis wrote:

My understanding was that silicon pads already have the optimum contact with
both surfaces due to their squidginess. Putting 2 layers of thermal
compound with less than 100% thermal conductivity between them is only going
to make things worse.

I just seem to remember reading something about this somewhere, but that
does not of course make it true.

Your understanding is perfectly correct.

Graham