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Why are dyes bad for your system????
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Dyckah!
Didjya tear down yet???
Didjya tear down yet???
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Hows the colour holding up?
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Well that's an interesting colour...
I knew most dyes fade but change colour?
Guess we will find out when you tear down!
Looks like your tubing is stained too...
I knew most dyes fade but change colour?
Guess we will find out when you tear down!
Looks like your tubing is stained too...
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Outside of tubing is still same color, put a piece of unused stuff beside it to compare. Light is just bad for the current picture. But who knows what the inside of the tube will look like. But I tilt the case from side to side to see if the res is stained, and it still looks clear!
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Wonder what the inside of the rad looks like....
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Is that bloodshed red tubing or clear tubing?
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Give us a closer shot of the CPU block.
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cant get a good pic right now with the lighting i have. i'll have to bring up a lamp from downstairs or something.
i'll just take lots of pics when i tear it apart, purple coolant isnt what i want!
on another note, was reading up on the dye that i have, and mayhem claims that it is the flux in the radiators that causes the red to turn purple
i'll just take lots of pics when i tear it apart, purple coolant isnt what i want!
on another note, was reading up on the dye that i have, and mayhem claims that it is the flux in the radiators that causes the red to turn purple
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Sounds legit, but wouldn't the flux be washed out after a while?
On the bright side, purple isn't a terrible colour
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Sounds legit, but wouldn't the flux be washed out after a while?
On the bright side, purple isn't a terrible colour
might be, but the darkside rad in my case was brand new when i put the dye in.
i had flushed it with distilled, but i could see the flux still sticking around.
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Remember that Feser UV Blue I have? And that it didn't react to the UV LED I bought?
Well, seems I didn't shake the bottle before I put the dye in the loop.
Gave it a good shake today, dropped some on a paper CD case and voila! It glows.
Since I have to tear down and re-do the tubing plus flush the plasticizer out I think I'll add a few drops again.
Might as well use it?
EDIT: Added a bunch, the water is a deep blue now, but the UV LED isn't strong enough. I can see some UV reflections but not enough to warrant having that LED plugged in.
Now here's something dyes are good for:
The dye has stained the inner braiding of the cheap PVC tubing I have installed...
Hmmmm wonder what would happen if I soaked a length in the dye for a while. Perhaps I can colour the the whole inner braid?? That would look pretty cool if so I'd think!
Well, seems I didn't shake the bottle before I put the dye in the loop.
Gave it a good shake today, dropped some on a paper CD case and voila! It glows.
Since I have to tear down and re-do the tubing plus flush the plasticizer out I think I'll add a few drops again.
Might as well use it?
EDIT: Added a bunch, the water is a deep blue now, but the UV LED isn't strong enough. I can see some UV reflections but not enough to warrant having that LED plugged in.
Now here's something dyes are good for:
The dye has stained the inner braiding of the cheap PVC tubing I have installed...
Hmmmm wonder what would happen if I soaked a length in the dye for a while. Perhaps I can colour the the whole inner braid?? That would look pretty cool if so I'd think!
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Oh, that does look cool!
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It does look nice eh?
That's the problem... I can spend $50 to get some Tygon B44 4X IB and try staining the braid, but on the other hand I already bought 10 compression fittings so I can use copper flex and stainless steel flex lines.
Wonder if I can colour the stainless steel flex lines with plasti-dip?
That's the problem... I can spend $50 to get some Tygon B44 4X IB and try staining the braid, but on the other hand I already bought 10 compression fittings so I can use copper flex and stainless steel flex lines.
Wonder if I can colour the stainless steel flex lines with plasti-dip?
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