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Originally Posted by dralb  any should work. Afaik, all soaps work as surfactants: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/surfactant |
Yeah it works great, I always use a drop or two of blue Dawn and then about an ounce of glycerine per 40 ounces of distilled, it's a surfactant also. If you add to much of the dish soap it can bubble and to much of it seems to hurt temp's a little. If you use over about an ounce of glycerine it seems to hurt temp's a little. But I can use a drop or two of the soap and a ounce of glycerine and it helps me to bleed faster and seems to help temp's a little more then just using each singly.
A lot of it is it helps to release all those little micro-bubbles that can get trapped in your blocks and rad, that lets the coolant make full contact with everything and that's what helps temp's I guess.
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Thanks Master Shake, that was a typo,fixed now..
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A lot of it is it helps to release all those little micro-bubbles that can get trapped in your blocks and rad, that lets the coolant make full contact with everything and that's what helps temp's I guess.
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You doing something to your loop that affects temps?!
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I'll probably have to give this a try if it helps bleeding and those bubbles. Even though my loop is in a temporary state I found myself tapping at those buggers in my tubes for 2 nights.
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Originally Posted by ira-k Yeah it works great, I always use a drop or two of blue Dawn and then about an ounce of glycerine per 40 ounces of distilled, it's a surfactant also. If you add to much of the dish soap it can bubble and it seems to hurt temp's a little even if it doesn't bubble. If you use over about an ounce of glycerine it seems to hurt temp's a little. But I can use a drop or two of the soap and a ounce of glycerine and it helps me to bleed faster and seems to help temp's a little more then just using each singly. A lot of it is it helps to release all those little micro-bubbles that can get trapped in your blocks and rad, that lets the coolant make full contact with everything and that's what helps temp's I guess. |
Der sky, she's a fallin!
I'll probably have to give this a try if it helps bleeding and those bubbles. Even though my loop is in a temporary state I found myself tapping at those buggers in my tubes for 2 nights.
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It shouldn't, that turbulence is going to be caused more by the block construction and smoothness of the material it is flowing over. Directing the water to the center of the block, having bends in the block, having dimples on the block surface are the things that will cause turbulance.
The surfactant action is getting the water to actually make better contact with the walls of the block, tubing, ..... whatever it comes in contact with. You want turbulent water but also water that is always in good contact with your block.
Originally Posted by quentin Wouldn't a surfactant lower the water's turbulence when it enters the water block, which is ultimately what you want more of? |
The surfactant action is getting the water to actually make better contact with the walls of the block, tubing, ..... whatever it comes in contact with. You want turbulent water but also water that is always in good contact with your block.
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No its Dawn. Because Dawn has a degreaser that will tear up any oily substance such as Mold and mildew. I have been using Dawn and water as a glass cleaner for the last 10 years. Super Cheap and super Good. For Glass Cleaner or Acrylic window(that won't etch your Plastic) cleaner use one teaspoon of dawn to a full water spray bottle. you want a barely visual blue color to it.
Originally Posted by Klue22 Okay I've seen it stated that a drop or two of blue dawn dish soap in your WC system can be beneficial. Does it have to be dawn or will any dish soap work? antibacterial would be a plus as well right? |
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Originally Posted by 88EVGAFTW I always used 2 drops but stopped using soap about 4 months ago. |
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Well as the firs few posts state the Liquid Soap eases surface tension and helps to get rig of bubbles faster.
It should help with bleeding as well.
Originally Posted by GAMERIG I am wonder why you drop a soap in wc loop? for clean or get temp's improvement result? I am learning Wc stuffs and tips. I have the real LC loops, which will install my rig, soon. |
It should help with bleeding as well.
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A really nasty FUBARd water loop left me scared of using dye and soap, even tho I don't know if the soap aided in the gunk build up. I chose to not use soap after that.
Originally Posted by MasterShake Why? |
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I doubt the soap had anything to do with it. I cleaned up some dye from a couple tubes earlier. I've read that it can get stuck everywhere and become a nuisance.
But I'm hard headed and wanna give it a try.
Originally Posted by 88EVGAFTW A really nasty FUBARd water loop left me scared of using dye and soap, even tho I don't know if the soap aided in the gunk build up. I chose to not use soap after that. |
But I'm hard headed and wanna give it a try.
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