Before we participate, we must remember that each program is a world. Each user uses a series of components, tubes and especially different liquids when it comes to proper storage and cleaning of the radiator.
To understand this, we have to pay attention to what kind of radiators or radiators we have in our loop, because the materials in them It will influence when you clean yourself.
Standard radiator material
We won't go into too much detail here, but we have to know that as a rule there are three components of the industry, which are integrated into different parts of it: copper, copper and aluminum.
Each one has its own unique, growing characteristics if the liquid we had in our loop was colored. This is important because, as we will see below, there are some cleaning products, but they are not compatible with all of these products.
Clean the copper or copper / copper radiation using standard products
The use of copper in radiators responds to a very simple reason: it is durable, easy to build and, above all, cheap. It is therefore used as a general rule in what is called Brass tank of radiators, where the flow of pipes is maximized or radiator separation is produced based on this.
To clean the copper, vinegar vinegar is used in a common and inexpensive way, but it is the only one that cannot clean the radiator, since it has to be rubbed to start rust and the residual cooling. Therefore, you will need additional help.
The way to clean it up means less output, because we'll have to have a series of specific items. Ideally, have a small sink / bucket where we will fill it Water that is pumped or double dipped, after that we will add about half the same amount of vinegar, thus reducing it to a 50/50 ratio.
We will need an underwater aquarium pump a flow exceeding 500 liters per hour and at the end of the entry we will have to place either a particle / sand filter (Eheim type) or a very good female ratio (it probably does not damage the flow and even retains the best particles).
We will connect the pump and radiator using a flexible tube and its outlet in the basin / bucket, so that we have an open loop in which to make a deposit.
The mixture of water and vinegar will need to be changed every few hours, until the residual liquid residues (if they are likely to be colorless and transparent) are dispersed and the water becomes transparent. After this, which will last several hours depending on the radar, we will leave the rest 4 or 6 hours a loop radiator also works with a mixture of vinegar and clean water.
Because of this we will have received an efficient and complete cleaning of any other component or rad particles.
Some strategies are tricky, but they are also more effective
Another option that is equally compatible and will make the virus / cleanser radiator much better is to use vinegar / water / bleach in equal measure. The problem is that this mixture is productive hypochlorous acid, which produces gas known as chlorine gas, is harmful to health.
This gas is invisible, so if we decide to combine these parts we will have to do it in a well-ventilated area and accordingly protection, such as gloves or masks, because they are harmful to health.
In this case also on the basis that no dye is left on the rad, the cleaning time is greatly reduced, because with one hour a running loop will suffice
Cleaning copper / copper radiators using certain products
As a good industry, the one related to liquid cooling has its own radiator cleaning products, but it is so durable that it is recommended to use regular insulation.
We are talking about the example of a cleaning kit Blitz from Mayhems or Primochill RadClean, where they are already warning us about children and animals. These types of cleaning kits are often offered as well two different drinks, which are widely used in acid cleaning, usually based on vinegar / salt or concentrated lemon / salt and other stabilizing agents, in short, acetic acid and hypochlorous in different parts.
Being strong and so active, It is not recommended to leave too much time on the rad. The good thing about these systems is that, as they have copper and copper fittings, they do not require a pump or flow, so we can fill the radiator, close it using its plugs and simply wait a few hours.
It is fair to say that these products It's special for radiators, and consequently should not be used for the whole region or for different blocks, since the results can be catastrophic.
How to wash aluminum rays with common materials
Although customizing aluminum cooling in radiators has been a tradition for some years, it may be because of the variety of conditions we have, it may be the old or the one we have decided to refine our AIO with, where this kind of rand increases with its low cost.
The Chinese brand They also tend to use this type of radiator, where they consider those users with a more tight budget. Other so-called leading brands also include them, such as Thermaltake, so we will need to consider these details when cleaning.
In any case, aluminum is a weaker metal than the care we will have is very soft. A good option is to copy the hole / pump system and mix in half water / lemon / baking soda sodium equally between the two drinks (buy lemon juice in this case).
Baking soda, with two or three tablespoons per liter will suffice for such a mixture. We will put the loop in operation and leave for a few hours for cleaning, after which we can remove the radiator.
Another option, though not effective is to use a mixture between ammonia and water, where we will have to reduce the mixture to 25% ammonia and 75% water, because the first is a very harsh and very harsh chemical. Although it may be visible to many, Ammonia is neither salt nor solid water, don't confuse them because then we'll have a good radiator for the trash, literally.
Finally, the final mixture used will be and wine and vinegar and beer to burn, the problem is that in some aquarium pumps this mixture will not fit properly, especially if they use the right plastic, so it can be a way to fill the radiator with a mixture of these two mixtures in equal parts and leave it for hours.
Final conclusions
Many of the compounds described are strong in the chemical as opposed to metal or metals that we want to purify.
Since each radiator is a surface and each user is likely to inject everything from biodegradable to soluble products, by using glycols in their RL system, we recommend before using any methods Clean the radiator thoroughly with distilled or double-dipped water, for this rad to clean up the residues of these products and we have no additional chemical reactions that can damage the material and cause leakage.
The best after cleaning is to use a leak inspector like the one that sells EKWB or Aquacomputer, where we will make sure the rad is still strong.
Certainly industrial cleaning products are released such as those used for cars or trucks, because these radiators have unique aluminum which makes them resistant to impacts and as a result these types of products are highly corrosive, which can affect the formation of PC radiators.
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