UV Dye and Coolant

cupidr17 · Oct 15, 2003

Okay, as I was paying for my anti freeze, a thought dawned upon me. Anti-freeze is green, and the UV dye I want to use will be orange/red. Which will be more dominant in color, the UV Dye or the antifreeze? Or will the colors simply mix to give me some ugly murky color?

If the colors mix, what would be a good "clear" alternative to antifreeze?

NeoMoses · Oct 15, 2003

You should use about 10% antifreeze, 90% water. This mixture will be almost clear. The color of the UV dye should be the dominant color in the system.

Soja · Oct 15, 2003

10% AF makes my water a greenish tint. I use yellow hi-lighter though so it makes a bright yellow green. That greenish tint might alter the look of another color though...

dreammmatt · Oct 15, 2003

umm....get NEW antifreeze! lol the new stuff isnt made of that glycol-cr@p, not as far as i know; and it is red! just what you wanted!

cupidr17 · Oct 15, 2003

besides water wetter...what other red anti freeze is there?

CGR · Oct 15, 2003

I dont like water wetter personally, I use Purple Ice. Gives a nice purple color and to me works better than water wetter which i have used as well.

Soja · Oct 16, 2003

WC101 tested purple ice to have weak anti-corrosion prevention, but then they tested with a piece of both aluminum and copper. How are your blocks holding out CGR? I was thinking of some purple water myself

cupidr17 · Oct 16, 2003

so all there is is red and green anti-freeze? I have read somewhere that there are clear methanol/alcohol based additives that you can use. If so, do they offer the same performance?

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