Where to buy Deep Blue Dye-lite?

[Jbroad572]

I want to mix this with the VW antifreeze to achieve the same color Liquid_Cooled has. Where do I but the dye-lite? I figure for the antifreeze I will just go to a dealership for that.

 

[nissmo300]

I'm pretty sure that the anti-freeze is a blue color that looks like liquid_cooled's.

 

[Jbroad572]

Well he stated he used that as well as the dyelite in his post. So, that's why Im looking for both.

 

[Liquid_Cooled]

nope. pentosin (blue antifreeze) gives a VERY FAINT light blue color. this is what my water looked like with 20% pentosin/80% distilled water.

and this is what it looks like with 3 drops of deep blue dyelite

 

[WiNd]

Hey Liquid, just curious, are you using a shroud with your setup?

 

[uclajd]

Why do you guys use anti-freeze? The thermal properties of glycol only degrade the cooling performance of straight water (glycol has less than half of the thermal conductivity of water).

I use distilled water and a dash of Hy-perlube , just as I do in my car (Hyperlube has anti-corrosion additives, which I doubt any bugs can live in either). I haven't changed my lines in over a year, and it works great. Of course, it isn't cool blue (it's green), so blue dye only gives you a lighter green color (I haven't thoroughly tested blues dyes). But if you want color over performance, so be it.

Antifreeze is for people using chillers who don't want their lines to freeze. Bad for ambient water cooling.

 

[It_The_Cow]

Why do you guys use anti-freeze? The thermal properties of glycol only degrade the cooling performance of straight water (glycol has less than half of the thermal conductivity of water).

I use distilled water and a dash of Hy-perlube , just as I do in my car (Hyperlube has anti-corrosion additives, which I doubt any bugs can live in either). I haven't changed my lines in over a year, and it works great. Of course, it isn't cool blue (it's green), so blue dye only gives you a lighter green color (I haven't thoroughly tested blues dyes). But if you want color over performance, so be it.

Antifreeze is for people using chillers who don't want their lines to freeze. Bad for ambient water cooling.

People use antifreeze for aesthetics. For all practical purposes, using a small fraction of antifreeze in one's loop will not cripple the WC system's performance.

Also, do you have any pictures of your setup with the Hy-perlube? I'm currently dissatisfied with my Swiftech Hydr-X, and am looking for an alternative for the next time I clear out the system.

 

[Alacritan]

Well, considering my transmission cooler is solid aluminum and my waterblocks are copper, I'll be sticking with my 15% antifreeze/85% water mix. If I could find a copper tranny cooler I'd buy it in a second, but I have yet to find any.

 

[lilneel12]

so where can you get dye-lite from??

 

[Liquid_Cooled]

my secret

 

[lilneel12]

r u serious? y can't you tell us?, then we'll keep it our secret

 

[uclajd]

Well, considering my transmission cooler is solid aluminum and my waterblocks are copper, I'll be sticking with my 15% antifreeze/85% water mix. If I could find a copper tranny cooler I'd buy it in a second, but I have yet to find any.

Hy-Perlube has an anti-corrosive, FWIW.

 

[It_The_Cow]

Well, considering my transmission cooler is solid aluminum and my waterblocks are copper, I'll be sticking with my 15% antifreeze/85% water mix. If I could find a copper tranny cooler I'd buy it in a second, but I have yet to find any.

True. I forgot that benefit as well. Whoops.

 

[Alacritan]

Hy-Perlube has an anti-corrosive, FWIW.

I'd like to see some anticorrosion comparisons to antifreeze. It sounds an awful lot like Water Wetter.

 

[Jbroad572]

I am going crazy trying to find this stuff..... Have they just stopped making this stuff?

 

[violineb]

my secret

Then I guess you'll be mad when I do this>
http://www.adpmods.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=929
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Dye-Lite+blue&hl=en&lr=&tab=wf&scoring=p

Seems to be cheapest in Poland Next time I go over there I'll have to get some.
http://www.4max.pl/default.asp?g=83&gg=61&produkt=633

 

[Jbroad572]

Then I guess you'll be mad when I do this>
http://www.adpmods.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=929
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Dye-Lite+blue&hl=en&lr=&tab=wf&scoring=p

Seems to be cheapest in Poland Next time I go over there I'll have to get some.
http://www.4max.pl/default.asp?g=83&gg=61&produkt=633

But I need the deep blue dyelite, not just the regular blue.

 

[JeffP]

I am going crazy trying to find this stuff..... Have they just stopped making this stuff?

I have some coming from this place. Hope this helps.

http://www.criticool.com/7accessories.html

Can also use this for anti-alge buildup.

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-liq-03.html

Notice the small amount you have to use. So the rest can be distilled water and the couple of drops of die. No need for coolant.

 

[ZachM]

You could also try some Wildfire Deep Blue dye.

http://www.criticool.com/7accessories.html

Scroll down the page a little.

Liquid_Cooled, keeping things secret isn't the OC Foums way. If you don't want people having a similar system to your's then figure out how to 1-up them.

 

[Liquid_Cooled]

hehe, none of those are the right ones.....