Does Mayhems pastel ice white coolant react to alphacool tubes?

[wildgg]

so i have clear tubes from alphacool for my system but will the mayhems pastel ice white coolant react to my tubing? reason i ask for this is:

 

(do not use mayhems pastel with primochill tubing or tygon tubing as mayhems pastel seems to react with it changing the colour of the tubing to a greenish colour. this is not the fault of primochill, tygon or mayhems it is just a incompatibility issue. pastel works fine with XSpc, thermochill, clear flex, masterclear and  a few other brands.)

 

so when they say a few other brands does this include the tubes from alphacool?

 

i just want to be sure before i order the mayhems pastel ice white.

 

thank you in advance

 

 

[noob_gamer]

i have never had problems with Primochill tubing and Mayhems pastel ice white coolant.

i do use white tubing as well but i have never seen it change color on the inside.
 

[Leonard]

@wildthing

 

Tygon tubing has many different types, from just the ordinary tubing to the laboratory grade. The laboratory grade is the best defense against plasticizes and staining as they are for different lab tests that contain corrosive and staining liquids but hot and cold but eventually some staining will happen on flex tubes depending on the quality and how long it is used.

 

If you want a tube that is sure not to stain, i suggest you get primochill PETG hard tubing.

[Benji_w]

@wildthing

 

Tygon tubing has many different types, from just the ordinary tubing to the laboratory grade. The laboratory grade is the best defense against plasticizes and staining as they are for different lab tests that contain corrosive and staining liquids but hot and cold but eventually some staining will happen on flex tubes depending on the quality and how long it is used.

 

If you want a tube that is sure not to stain, i suggest you get primochill PETG hard tubing.

It's been suggested that PETG tubing will degrade and stuff so not sure on which is best in terms of acrylic vs PETG, I'd like to see if PETG is actually water permeable as people say? But I haven't seen any evidence of that yet? Also it doesn't like UV light apparently?

[Leonard]

It's been suggested that PETG tubing will degrade and stuff so not sure on which is best in terms of acrylic vs PETG, I'd like to see if PETG is actually water permeable as people say? But I haven't seen any evidence of that yet? Also it doesn't like UV light apparently?

Every tubing weather rigid or soft will degrade over time because of the hot and then cool coolant going through it, that is just the nature of it. You were looking for non-staining and for the coolant not to change to turn greenish, the greenish is probably from algae and you will need either a biocide liquid or pure silver to control that. About the staining how ever, you need stain resistant tubing for a temperature range and not just stains. The tygon tubing i suggested and the PETG has these properties.

 

However they are not UV reactive but you can put UV reactive coolant to get the effect you want. 

[Benji_w]

Every tubing weather rigid or soft will degrade over time because of the hot and then cool coolant going through it, that is just the nature of it. You were looking for non-staining and for the coolant not to change to turn greenish, the greenish is probably from algae and you will need either a biocide liquid or pure silver to control that. About the staining how ever, you need stain resistant tubing for a temperature range and not just stains. The tygon tubing i suggested and the PETG has these properties.

 

However they are not UV reactive but you can put UV reactive coolant to get the effect you want. 

Only the MasterKleer tubing I used turned green, the other tubing I used is still clear if I had algae growth wouldn't it effect both tubes?

[Leonard]

Only the MasterKleer tubing I used turned green, the other tubing I used is still clear if I had algae growth wouldn't it effect both tubes?

That would depend on the tubing type. When i first got into watercooling i use the tube that was supplied with my kit and i did not get any algae and i used that coolant for ten months with my PC being on 24/7 with the exception if electricity goes for what ever reason, after that ten month period i decided to clean and change the tube in my loop and i used some store bought tube that was cheap but had a really good bending radius and with in a month i had algae. So i cleaned my loop and i got this, in my country it is very cheap, i got the clear version and i have been using it for a year now without any problems and i have not used any biocide or silver.

 

As i said before the type of tubing depends on the greenish look after a while and that is just the characteristic of some tubing and most of the times that type of tube is for cold water only and it is the hot water from PC watercooling that discolors the tube when it expands from the how water. If you use tubing for hot and cold chemically treated water, which is what most PC colored coolants are, then you should not have that problem and that is why i suggested the Tygon chemical resistant tube or the PETG rigid.

[wildgg]

i don't mind changing the coolant ever 12months orso, but i just want to be sure it's not turning green in a few weeks, mayhems pastel is included with biocide so it should be fine then.

 

thanks guys!