Orange coolant?

R.C.Anderson

R.C.Anderson

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I'm wanting to go with orange coolant in my new build, but I'm struggling to work out what different coolants will look like, as I can't find many pictures.

Does anyone have a build using orange coolant & can add/link me to some photos, along with which coolant you're using?
 
Itc said:
Do you want solid or trans?
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Solid preferably, but I'm planning to use frosted acyrlic tubing, so even transparent coolant should be OK.
Jay85 said:
I did once in this build:

Liquid Art: From Mini P180 to infinity...

@Jay85 very nice! did the owner sign up to the 4 yr warranty ?
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Came out okay from what i remember but i cant remember what i did to make even more orange, maybe a few drips of red dye.
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That final outcome looks decent (although possibly a little red for what I want), how similar is the picture to real life?
 
R.C.Anderson said:
Solid preferably, but I'm planning to use frosted acyrlic tubing, so even transparent coolant should be OK.

That final outcome looks decent (although possibly a little red for what I want), how similar is the picture to real life?
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The orange LED's made it a lot reader than it actually looked tbh. It was definitely more Orange than red. I pictured the coolant i used in the build thread i think.
 
@davido_labido is the orange coolant aficionado. I think he’s tried every orange coolant on the market, or at least that was the case up to pre-pandemic, I think he’s more keyboards now :D
 
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Mayhems non-stain dyes can be mixed, so you could grab yourself a red and a yellow and make up your own perfect shade. Transparent only though, Mayhems Pastel isn't a thing ay more
 
Rik1254 said:
@davido_labido is the orange coolant aficionado. I think he’s tried every orange coolant on the market, or at least that was the case up to pre-pandemic, I think he’s more keyboards now :D
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@davido_labido If that's true, do you have any pictures anywhere you can link me to of different coolants? I tried a quick look through your post history, but couldn't see anything.
LePhuronn said:
Mayhems non-stain dyes can be mixed, so you could grab yourself a red and a yellow and make up your own perfect shade. Transparent only though, Mayhems Pastel isn't a thing ay more
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Yea, that was a thought. I'm going to use frosted tubing though, so being transparent isn't too much of an issue, as long as it's a rich enough colour.
 
R.C.Anderson said:
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You can Google him, he’s done a few shows, but looking back over his work, while orange (and white) is a dominant theme, it looks like the liquid isn’t. He has done a few though and would definitely have the experience to offer, even if he doesn’t have the pictures.
 
As a curve ball, here is Alphacool frosted acrylic 16mm tubing with 2x RGB strips in the case:



I think I was setting one to red and one to yellow - that's usually my "warm" colour scheme and when the liquid is cool I go with dark blue and purple.

Clear coolant.
 
LuckyBenski said:
I was really impressed! Before adding LEDs I had been set on getting pastel coolant, but the tubing works so well to diffuse light, I stopped there. Now I can change colour whenever I like :D
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And no worries about pastel coolant
Clogging micro fins either
You would have to examine that picture
Pretty closely
To tell its not coloured coolant
 
Oh, I've done a fair few orange builds! probably 30 or 40 or so. I just don't take many pictures anymore I'm afraid.

my favourite orange has always been Mayhems Pastel. The EKWB Orange was good too but we have currently EOL'd that.

This is Mayhems with satin tubing:

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This is Mayhems with clear tubing:

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This is EKWB Orange:

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One thing you can do quite easily, is get some dyes (red and yellow) and basically mix your own oranges. I have done that on occasion too :)
 
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