how can i make cooling fluid look thicker?

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ekuest

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i want to make it look like blood. something less transparent would be great. something added to distilled water+pt nuke would be best, but a whole different approach would be ok too. i also need to get the color right if anyone has suggestions on that. i dont want to actually use anything thicker because it wouldnt run through the loop as well right? can i use oil in the loop or something or would that be a huge performance drop? any suggestions are welcome. :)
 
Don't use oil or anything like that, its viscosity is higher and common watercooling pumps aren't built for pumping thicker fluids like oils. Also, I wouldn't recommend using a dye bomb or anything, one of the colored coolants like Feser red coolant would probably be your best bet if you didn't want to use red colored tubing. Dye bombs aren't good because they clog up blocks way worse than premixed coolants do. Also, if you get Feser coolant, you have the get the other biocide that Petra sells, PT-Nuke is formulated for use in straight distilled water, there's another one that's formulated for use in other coolant solutions.
 
dealmaster said:
Don't use oil or anything like that, its viscosity is higher and common watercooling pumps aren't built for pumping thicker fluids like oils. Also, I wouldn't recommend using a dye bomb or anything, one of the colored coolants like Feser red coolant would probably be your best bet if you didn't want to use red colored tubing. Dye bombs aren't good because they clog up blocks way worse than premixed coolants do. Also, if you get Feser coolant, you have the get the other biocide that Petra sells, PT-Nuke is formulated for use in straight distilled water, there's another one that's formulated for use in other coolant solutions.
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Yeah, block clogging is a serious drawback to the dyes... I've noticed relatively little problem with the dye bombs though - so long as you're not dumping the entire thing in a Tline setup.
 
Yeah I've never used dye bombs, but from what I've heard they can cause hardcore clogging, but again it's all second-hand so I don't know for certain. I know I'll never use them, I'd rather be safe than sorry.
 
Interesting.... I've dropped no less than 3 blood-red 'dye-bombs' in each of my latest Noire build's loops, and I've noticed zero clogging. Hell, I even dropped a bit of some pentosin in there too. It's just red water is all.
 
Yeah it was some guy on xtremesystems, maybe he was an idiot and did it wrong, so if the majority here is saying they're fine, then I'll say they're fine!
 
I used FluidXP+ EXT Blood Red for a while, but I wouldn't really recommend it. It wasn't noticeable while the fluid was in but after a few months when draining it out I realized all my tubing had been clouded up. This was an all copper loop with no mixed coolants, so all signs point to the fluidxp.

It looked nice, and if that's all you care about then go for it. It was very dark and blood looking.
 
THRESHIN said:
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i was thinking about slaughtering a calf, but my neighbors are hippies and would burn my house down. :D hmm i think i like the red tubing best. can anyone link me to a good dark red one? i need 1/2"ID.

also, anyone know about silver coils? do they work pretty well? would i use them in place of pt nuke or in addition? thanks all.
 
well sacrificing a chicken seems to solve most of my PC problems so why not kill 2 birds with 1 stone? well 1 bird really :D
 
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