uv dye bad for performance?

Kyozoku · Jan 18, 2006

I just got a storm waterblock and the manual says not to use it with uv dye. It looks like alot of people use dye so what's the story?

citronym · Jan 18, 2006

Dyes with particulates can clog the jets, if I had to guess why they say that.

Kyozoku · Jan 18, 2006

You're right that's what it says. So can I find uv dye without particulates?

Jeff Moser · Jan 18, 2006

Fighter2a · Jan 18, 2006

there are some water based dyes you can buy. Frozencpu has some.

Aidenswarrior · Jan 18, 2006

i recommend the coolcases stuff, that is some high quality dye and it glows really well.

castroman · Jan 18, 2006

that stuff looks cool

voigts · Jan 19, 2006

the cool-cases-usa works well. i have been using it for about a year now.

[O-CuK]Marci · Jan 19, 2006

All powder based dyes. All dyes start life as powder, and return to powder over time. NO dyes are safe for use in Storm block imo.

Jeff Moser · Jan 19, 2006

I have some Cool-cases-USA.com Coolant that has been sitting undisturbed for over a year in the jug with absolutely no settling going on and has been ib two loops as long one with a microchannel German block and one with Danger Den and Polarflo combo All Lookin good.

Aidenswarrior · Jan 19, 2006

[O-CuK]Marci said:
All powder based dyes. All dyes start life as powder, and return to powder over time. NO dyes are safe for use in Storm block imo.

all dyes are not powder based...

Moto7451 · Jan 20, 2006

[O-CuK]Marci said:
All powder based dyes. All dyes start life as powder, and return to powder over time. NO dyes are safe for use in Storm block imo.

That happening isn't easy necessarily. Some coloring agents can not fall out of solution unless you cause them to go into another chemical reaction. Copper Chloride for example will always stay that lovely blue and will not turn into powder unless you swing the equilibrium back to the left & create Copper metal & something like Calcium Chloride or Sodium Chloride or Chlorine Gas with some sort of enzyme. (please, no one use that chemical unless you never plan to flush your system down the sink or in any other way than a chemical dump, Copper Chloride is a potent poison for just about everything).

Most of the chemical dyes in Antifreeze & additives like Hydrex should follow suit. The problem with those however is glycol build up which I've seen on a few storms when people have used way too much additive (like a 15-30% mixture).

thorilan · Jan 20, 2006

i have yet to see a uv dye i would recomend because of clogging and not just the storm block

Kyozoku · Jan 20, 2006

So it wont cause any physical damage to my storm just clogging? If so would it be safe to use dye if I clean out my blocks now and then?

That yellow dye from cool cases looks really bright!

Midnight Dream · Jan 21, 2006

I got some dye from DangerDen, some Dye-Lite. It's worked for me. I have yet to see any form of buildup in any of the 3 blocks or the pump I use.

mysterfix · Jan 21, 2006

I just used a highlighter marker and squeezed some dye into the water. It's been going strong for a good 6 months now with no problems.

Aidenswarrior · Jan 21, 2006

mysterfix said:
I just used a highlighter marker and squeezed some dye into the water. It's been going strong for a good 6 months now with no problems.

lol that is an ingenious idea

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