Stained water cooling tubes

[daimonwilcox]

How do i un-stain water cooling tubes also can i use filtered water from a britya filter i cant afford much right now for keeping the system clean.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

If you have flexible tubes, there is almost nothing you can do to clean them.
You might be able to clean the PETG/Acrilic hard tubes but that depends on the type of stain and how deep it went into the tube.
Filtered water is not good. The cheapest (and IMHO) best liquid to use is distilled water - it is very cheap.

 

[daimonwilcox]

Its like a dust but is hrad to get to and running water thru didnt work it had been used along time by somebody else and they put colored coolant thru it which is an ugly purple

 

[n0ns3ns3]

then it will be hard to get it out. you need to get to the stain and basically remove the stained layer of the tube material.
the harder the tube, the less is staining. For example glass tubes (mayhem and alphacool make them) are stain free. They also don't get "clouded" over time.
so easiest would be just get a new tube to replace the stained. Try to avoid cheap tubes as the release some staff into liquid that can clog the loop. Primochill are known for quality flex tubes.

 

[rubix_1011]

Tubing isn't that costly - most loops require less than 8-10 feet of the stuff, and at $2-$2.75 per foot, you're looking at less than $35 most likely, including shipping costs.

 

[l187l]

DO NOT USE TAP WATER! Just go buy a jug of distilled water and some primochill liquid utopia. Costs less than $20 total.

As for the clouded tubes, you'll just have to get new ones, but they will do the same thing most likely. Soft tubing has plasticizers which end up breaking down and making the tubing look clouded. Make sure your loop has a balanced pH and you only use distilled water and something to keep the fungus/algae out.

 

[daimonwilcox]

Wheres the cheapest yet best plAce to buy tubing i want to get 6 feet of tubing maybe 10 since it came with 2 separate wayer coolers i might migrate one to another pc.

 

[l187l]

Wheres the cheapest yet best plAce to buy tubing i want to get 6 feet of tubing maybe 10 since it came with 2 separate wayer coolers i might migrate one to another pc.

http://www.performance-pcs.com/water-tubing-soft-hard

They usually ship same day and offer a lot of different brands for competitive prices.