Best colored additive for water cooling

[ZeroGravity780]

I accidentally ordered clear concentrate thinking is was white. I want my liquid to be white but not if it will clog my system. What do you guys recommend? I want to use distilled water mix but am open to other suggestions.

 

[lumineZ]

Mayhems dyes.

But.... Corsair H115i.... looking for dyes.... something is wrong here 😀

 

[ZeroGravity780]

I am waiting for my ekwb parts to get to me. I have used the h115i for a year but I'm upgrading

 

[lumineZ]

Ah 😀 then welcome to the custom water cooling club 😀

It also depends alittle on the tubes (hardline? softline? acrylic? PETG? GLASS?) when it comes to what kind of coolant and if it will stain or clog.
Only color dyes that will "not" stain (everthing will over time) is green and blue.
Stay away from red, yellow and orange.
Carefull when it comes to pastels. They can clog pretty bad.

 

[ZeroGravity780]

Ah 😀 then welcome to the custom water cooling club 😀

It also depends alittle on the tubes (hardline? softline? acrylic? PETG? GLASS?) when it comes to what kind of coolant and if it will stain or clog.
Only color dyes that will "not" stain (everthing will over time) is green and blue.
Stay away from red, yellow and orange.
Carefull when it comes to pastels. They can clog pretty bad.

So when I ordered for EKWB they selected the acrylic tubing for me which now I wish I would have went with PETG. I think I might go to micro center and see if they carry PETG tubing. I want tons of extra incase I mess up my bends. I CNC machined my own bending templates to help with that. I heard PETG is not as clear though. I wanted white but I didn't see any white dye. I seen that pastels clog but they have become better. Its kinda confusing for someone new.

Does the brand of tubing matter?

 

[lumineZ]

Acrylic is clearer and handle more kind of fluids.
The downside is that it is brittle and can break if you dont take alittle care when installing it. Alittle harder to work with than PETG.

PETG you will not break. It has alittle blue shine in it, but not mutch at all. In my build (I use plain clear pre-mix) I cant see the difference to be honest.
Very easy to work with.

Branding of tubes do matter in fact from what I have seen.
Premium supplyers tend to have tubes with less flaws in them (bubbles, scratches, etc) and the ID / OD on the tubes is more precise.

I belive (but I am unsure) only way to get whte atm is by using an pastel fluid.

I myself dont want to use pastels cause of the darn cleaning job you have to do down the line...
but........
this video made by jayz 2 cents makes me wonder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Z_gOos8ng

 

[ZeroGravity780]

Acrylic is clearer and handle more kind of fluids.
The downside is that it is brittle and can break if you dont take alittle care when installing it. Alittle harder to work with than PETG.

PETG you will not break. It has alittle blue shine in it, but not mutch at all. In my build (I use plain clear pre-mix) I cant see the difference to be honest.
Very easy to work with.

Branding of tubes do matter in fact from what I have seen.
Premium supplyers tend to have tubes with less flaws in them (bubbles, scratches, etc) and the ID / OD on the tubes is more precise.

I belive (but I am unsure) only way to get whte atm is by using an pastel fluid.

I myself dont want to use pastels cause of the darn cleaning job you have to do down the line...
but........
this video made by jayz 2 cents makes me wonder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Z_gOos8ng

Microcenter doesn't have much unfortunately. Online they do not have what I ordered which is 10mm/12mm so id have to buy all new fittings if I got new tubing. Ill have to go there in person. I seen pastel and have heard negatives but I did watch Jayz video of those pastels from PrimoChill a few days ago and that's what lead me to believe they have gotten better.