Non staining coloured coolant??

BS Dave · 1 Oct 2018 at 11:40

i’m redoing my loop and wanted to use a coloured fluid, either just coloured or a pastel coolant. I was going to use mayhems but want something that isn’t going to stain my blocks and the reservoir.

What colours would people suggest?

Also what are your experiences with pastel? Does it gunk up?

I’d ideally like to not have to touch my loop for a couple of years if possible - until I next upgrade.

Thanks

Dave

BS Dave · 3 Oct 2018 at 12:31

No one? Is everyone just using de ionised water and clear x1 concentrate??

fastboy · 3 Oct 2018 at 14:57

ive been using the white cfx coolant,been in my system about 8 months and drained my system 2 days ago to move my gpu and zero staining,not sure how other colours fare tho.

Bluntwrapped · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:02

After using both coloured and clear fluids I'd be more inclined to go for coloured tubing and clear fluid.

It looks great and new tubing costs less than pastel fluids if you later decide to change the colour. No mess when filling or stripping down the loop or need to rinse any of the blocks after use. It's a win win. If you use white tubing and RGB lighting, you'll never need to swap it out for another colour

fastboy · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:10

funnily enough I was actually looking for some of the frosted tubing but not seen any yet.

Bluntwrapped · 3 Oct 2018 at 18:28

You could maybe use some really fine wet and dry paper to scratch the tubing for a frosted effect.

LuckyBenski · 6 Oct 2018 at 06:19

fastboy said:
funnily enough I was actually looking for some of the frosted tubing but not seen any yet.

Alphacool make frosted acrylic tubing - I've used it for a build earlier this year. Not got pictures handy but there's a thread in the build logs forum

Must update that thread...

fastboy · 6 Oct 2018 at 09:12

ah ok I was after petg stuff,not sure I trust acrylic.