whats the mixture?

[unreal]

i dont know the amount yet, but need to know what the mixture that is best for water cooling, i will be using distilled water, WW, and at least 1 once of UV dye, for the bacteria that may grow what else should i use? i heard coolant would be good but a small amount, would any of thses effect the dye? whats the percentage best to use?

[nikhsub1]

I use about 10% antifreeze, 5% Hyperlube and the rest distilled water. The Hyperlube (like water wetter but no coating or smell) is not really necessary, I use it because I have it. If you are mixing ANY aluminum in the loop, even anodized, I would use 20 -25% antifreeze for safety. This will inhibit corrosion. If you have no aluminum, I'd just use 10% AF.

[unreal]

yeah the heatcore is all copper but the barbs i believe are steel or something,,, there silver lol..

[johan851]

Maybe chrome? You shouldn't have to worry about corossion problems with those barbs, so 10% would be fine.

[unreal]

ok so, 10% antifreeze, the bottle of WW which i think is only 4 or 8onces, and the rest distilled with the 1 once of dye?

[LtBlue14]

don't use water wetter with an impingement block

here's why:

http://www.ocforums.com/vb/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142006&perpage=20&pagenumber=3

and beyond that, personally i wouldn't use it at all b/c it stains your tubing (making it opaque and ugly)

[johan851]

Yeah, you really don't need WW if you're running with antifreeze...I hear WW can cause a lot of problems too, such as the aforementioned (what a great word...) staining.

You should only need a drop or two of dye for your entire system.

[unreal]

so wait your saying all i need is distilled water, antifreezeand the uv dye?