Watercooling innards cleanup

[achangb]

Hi there,

I am running a Dtek fusion, Swifttech MCW-60 GPU cooler, a swifttech MCP-350 pump, and a 2 X 120 thermochill radiator. I cheaped out when putting it all together and used the cheap tubing from home depot.

Now all my tubes are basically coated in grey. I used just pure distilled water as a coolant, but I am worried that some sort of coating is on the insides of my blocks, seeing as how my tubing is coated. I didn't put any additive into the coolant.

The water itself is still clear, but does anyone know of a product I can dump into my reservoir that'll clear everything up? Everything in my loop should be Copper, except for two brass tube adapters in the thermochill.

Its been running a year or so.


Thanks!

 

[aigomorla]

your clouding tubing is normal in the h2o world.

Thats why people use tygon and other expensive tubing to perserve that clearness.

There isnt anything you can really do now besides reloop it. No additives will reverse this clouded effect.

 

[achangb]

Is it just the pipes themselves that degrade and become cloudy? So I don't have to worry about my other components getting coated right?

THanks!

 

[aigomorla]

excuse my spelling:

the process is called plasterizing.

The sidewall in the tube breaks down over time. This leads to the tube going cloudy.

As i said there isnt much you can do about it. Even tygon will undergo this over time.

Cheaper the tubing the faster the process. Thats why i use cheap tubing to begin with.

Path A B C D E F G all lead to one final destination over time. And your at it.

The different paths only determine how long it takes for you to get there.


makes sense?

 

[legoman666]

Ya, I have this problem also. Even with Tygon. The tubes turn reddish pink when you use water wetter.

 

[achangb]

Thanks, that makes sense. I was just worried some funky corrosion was going on that was slowly coating all my copper bits and reducing their performance.