UV dye

quicksilverXP · Jun 14, 2004

My glowmotion UV blue dye does not show at all through my Tygon Tubing. I even tried three different wall thicknesses,allthe way to a small 1/16 inch wall thickness. Can anyone else confirm Blue UV dye through Tygon? Also, can anyone confirm it through ClearFlex, I might just try some ClearFlex.

thorn · Jun 14, 2004

I've used the wild fire water dye and both invis. blue and blue show through clearflex. It should also through tygon. Maybe it's your dye?

Aphex_Tom_9 · Jun 14, 2004

yea, maybe you didnt use enough of it, or you have bad UV lighting, or, are you in a lighted room? if so, look at it in the dark with just UV light

Sssnake · Jun 14, 2004

UV dye in tygon

Yes i would like to say that both invisible blue (only visible in UV-ligt) aswell as ordinary blue, and orange and green and yellow works fine with my tygon hose. I have even used the dye with tygon under blue ccfl´s with good results..

so im guessing a stronger ccfl or a larger dose of dye is required. I use between 10-20 drops of wildfire uv-dye..

quicksilverXP · Jun 14, 2004

Sssnake said:
Yes i would like to say that both invisible blue (only visible in UV-ligt) aswell as ordinary blue, and orange and green and yellow works fine with my tygon hose. I have even used the dye with tygon under blue ccfl´s with good results..

so im guessing a stronger ccfl or a larger dose of dye is required. I use between 10-20 drops of wildfire uv-dye..

Well, it glows very bright in a regular gallon jug, but once placed inside the Tygon it does not at all. I tested this by placing the UV lights beside the plexiglass reservoir (Criticool waterplant) and it didn't glow. BUt when I opened up the reservoir and placed the uV lights above the opening, it began glowing. My theory is that the TYgon and plexiglass resist UV light with this type of UV dye. My next UV dye will be FrozenCPUs.

Korndog · Jun 14, 2004

Sssnake said:
so im guessing a stronger ccfl or a larger dose of dye is required. I use between 10-20 drops of wildfire uv-dye..

using too much kills the uv reaction.

Sssnake · Jun 15, 2004

Right, thanks for the reminder korndog. I forgot that everyone doesent know my setup lol. I use a 30 liter copper container as res. but basicly what i meant is, hook up the wc-rig and add a drop or two at the time until u get the desired results

for me somewhere between 10-20 drops was enough..

Korndog · Jun 15, 2004

i just got some uv dye to day.
http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v63/kgcorndog/uv_006.jpg
tooke me 20 drops to get it to glow, lol. but then again i've got a gallon of coolant in my system.

30liter???? pics??

Sssnake · Jun 16, 2004

Hehehe. Yeah i would actually love to show it off, but havent a cam, and havent had time to loan one. But rest assured, pics will come

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