Alexontherocks
12-23-2008, 04:08 AM
After some time I feel comfortable posting my results regarding the use of another sort of dye to color the coolant.
I have read about separation, gunk and other beatiful and (sorry but) amusing stories about rigs devastated by coloring chemicals.
In my rig I have experimented with another type of ink which supposedly should last for years, should be resistant against UV rays should not break down during time and probably most of you are looking at some of it right now.
High quality printer ink!
http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/149103/5389214/0/1205463763/Refill_ink_for_HP_Designjet_T610.jpg
I don't know the chemistry behind the stuff but the results so far are very itneresting. I have used a small amount (2ml) of blu high quality Hp ink and the coolant is now a very satisfactory shade of blue. I have been running 2 iwakis at 18m of head pressure for several weeks, opened the ek supreme and found no trace of gunk or other subproducts.
Temps are unchanged (!) however I have no idea if this is to be explained tih the huge radaiting area I have or the quality of the ink itself.
I will open my rig in the following months to keep an eye on coloring on the tubing or on the ek supreme but so far so good!
Also I have looked into the properties of these inks and apart from chemical intereractions I may be unaware of the list of characterstics is the same to the one we look for in artificial dyes!
Comment away on whether this is a useful post, a waste of time or old news.
Cheers!
I have read about separation, gunk and other beatiful and (sorry but) amusing stories about rigs devastated by coloring chemicals.
In my rig I have experimented with another type of ink which supposedly should last for years, should be resistant against UV rays should not break down during time and probably most of you are looking at some of it right now.
High quality printer ink!
http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/149103/5389214/0/1205463763/Refill_ink_for_HP_Designjet_T610.jpg
I don't know the chemistry behind the stuff but the results so far are very itneresting. I have used a small amount (2ml) of blu high quality Hp ink and the coolant is now a very satisfactory shade of blue. I have been running 2 iwakis at 18m of head pressure for several weeks, opened the ek supreme and found no trace of gunk or other subproducts.
Temps are unchanged (!) however I have no idea if this is to be explained tih the huge radaiting area I have or the quality of the ink itself.
I will open my rig in the following months to keep an eye on coloring on the tubing or on the ek supreme but so far so good!
Also I have looked into the properties of these inks and apart from chemical intereractions I may be unaware of the list of characterstics is the same to the one we look for in artificial dyes!
Comment away on whether this is a useful post, a waste of time or old news.
Cheers!