Glitter or additive to coolant?

mase · 25 Feb 2009 at 23:40

Might sound rather stupid now, but is there anything i can add to my Water coolant to make it actually show it goes around the system? like glitter i thought might look cool or would it clog the pump up?
Or some sort of oil based liquid so it is seperate to the water?

If anyone could give me an idea i would be most happy

Thank You

pastymuncher · 26 Feb 2009 at 12:03

Glitter would be a extremely bad idea as it will create blockages in the blocks and could screw the pump up. Is this just for show?

Bubo · 26 Feb 2009 at 13:13

Adding anything like that to the water would be an extremely bad idea, bordering on suicidal. If the reason for doing this is just so you can tell of water is moving or not then you can get small inline flow indicaters, or just set your case up so you can see the water sloshing in the res.

something daft already!! · 26 Feb 2009 at 13:15

I too would avoid Glitter, he's a pedo.

mase · 26 Feb 2009 at 16:57

Hmm, its just for a good effect really

, i thought it would look awsome seing it all flow around :/

w3bbo · 26 Feb 2009 at 17:20

Glitter is a bad idea as already stated. Not only will it clog your loop up in various places it could damage your pump and could possibly cause galvanic corrision depending on the glitter material.

darwinws · 26 Feb 2009 at 17:51

Glitter would clog up in the water blocks etc. Oil would reduce the flow rate in the loop, depending on the thickness used, plus I don't think it would really help the cooling capabilities. The only real thing you can do to decorate the loop is UV/coloured coolant/tubing and uv reactive coils, and uv neons as well.

MikeTimbers · 26 Feb 2009 at 23:10

Or get a flow-meter.

WJA96 · 26 Feb 2009 at 23:38

I think glitter would be great - it would show when the flow was moving, then a bit slower, then when it stopped. All in the space of a few minutes