1000000000000000% when the people who designed these blocks were experimenting with designs they used a razor blade and had the eureka moment for the jetplate flow solution.
Yup I have the same CPU block and it tarnishes and rusts very easily. Pain in the ass to pull my whole system apart just to clean this one part when everything else is flawless. I luckily have a EK Copper block laying around that I will be swapping for my Nickel one. Nickel looks nice until it doesn't. Not worth the hassle if you ask me.
I think it can't be rust as there is no iron in the loop. However brass fittings might be the culprit here. After this cleaning my friend got the same thing again after few month of use and the only thing that wasnt copper in the loop are brass fittings.
Started to clean mine, but soapy water doesn't seem to do much. Going to pick up some garlic chili sauce from the store later as that seems to be the trick. EK says not to use any acidic cleaners for nickel, but seems like it worked fine with yours!
Yup soapy water isnt use full to clean the block. But i recommend it as a must after cleaning with chili garlic sauce to remove all the acidic and nasty chili garlic sauce. Good luck and thanks for watching :)
Yeah...Don't know the science behind it but EK's website specifically not to use chemicals on nickel plated blocks. Not sure if this would introduce problems later on but doesn't seem like a smart thing to do.
DIY Tech They say to only use warm soapy distilled water followed by a non-abrasive automotive polish creme followed by thorough rincing on their guide for cleaning nickel plated blocks. Apparently using vinegar or acidic chemicals eats away at the nickel plating. I wouldn't be surprised if you took this same block apart and noticed this problem again or signs of it returning.
Happy to help. Sorry about the song man i looked for it in my library and this was its name there "2006 LGA-775 cooler on i7 2600 Modding". And then i remembered that i dont know its name and wanted to use the same song in this video so i copied from the my old video. :(
@@DIYTech21 Hi. Nice to see a friendly exchange between two people, there's so much hate and animosity towards one another these days, even over simple content like this. I found this video useful, so I have 2 blocks in going to go do this to today.. This happened in my loop and I was only using distilled water and biocide. Saw a good video about corrosion on singularity Computer's channel. So between these 2 videos I figured out what was wrong and how to fix it. Thank you.
what thermal paste have you used? Also what about a solution of water, white vinegar, and salt? I always cleaned my blocks with that and for copper at least works great
It was Artic silver 5. Water, white vinegar, and salt works for very mild corrosion and is slow as well. I tried @ 1:35 that is water, white vinegar, and salt solution. For copper this combinations works too but again if your corrosion layer is very very thin or if you are using strong solution. ( less dilute vinegar solution )
Damn, I will try the ketchup thing on my ram water block, mine has some stains on plexi top and block too that I cannot remove by using toothpaste, and looks like the nickel plating is gone 🥹. I hope by doing this method, the block will shine again 😅 sorry for my bad english
I just had a near disastrous leak on my EK waterblock on my Maxwell Titan-X GPU and when I got around to taking it apart I found that one of the screws attaching the plastic casting to the nickel plated part was missing and another was loose. I''ve never dismantled it before so I can only assume they must have vibrated loose. Has anyone had this happen before ?
@@DIYTech21 As a postscript I have just installed an RTX 2070 and as part of the work I moved the PSU and actually found the missing screw behind it, so it had definitely fallen out.
What type of fluid did you use? Cause my nickel plated EK waterblock is still looks like new after 6 years of everyday use. I'm using EK cryofuel clear.
noob question here .. thinking to order EKWB p360 kit .. and as i see its a copper based .. and i will order nickle gpu block for my 1070ti .. is there any problem with it .. ?
I think my friend used it for about 6 months. M still not 100% sure what was the cause. I think it was his old fittings because apart for that all was nickel ...
Totally depends on the loop and what coolant u have. Less metals simple clean coolant work much better than loop with loads of brass fittings and copper and nickel mixture with color coolant. Also dont forget to flush rads when bought new.
Have not experimented with silver so cant reccomend any specific solution. But i think chili garlic will do the job pretty decently without harming hopefully
1000000000000000% when the people who designed these blocks were experimenting with designs they used a razor blade and had the eureka moment for the jetplate flow solution.
Yup I have the same CPU block and it tarnishes and rusts very easily. Pain in the ass to pull my whole system apart just to clean this one part when everything else is flawless. I luckily have a EK Copper block laying around that I will be swapping for my Nickel one. Nickel looks nice until it doesn't. Not worth the hassle if you ask me.
I think it can't be rust as there is no iron in the loop. However brass fittings might be the culprit here. After this cleaning my friend got the same thing again after few month of use and the only thing that wasnt copper in the loop are brass fittings.
Started to clean mine, but soapy water doesn't seem to do much. Going to pick up some garlic chili sauce from the store later as that seems to be the trick. EK says not to use any acidic cleaners for nickel, but seems like it worked fine with yours!
Yup soapy water isnt use full to clean the block. But i recommend it as a must after cleaning with chili garlic sauce to remove all the acidic and nasty chili garlic sauce.
Good luck and thanks for watching :)
ref any updates on your cleaning process ?
Yeah...Don't know the science behind it but EK's website specifically not to use chemicals on nickel plated blocks. Not sure if this would introduce problems later on but doesn't seem like a smart thing to do.
It would have been a really bad thing to left it like @ 1:10.
DIY Tech They say to only use warm soapy distilled water followed by a non-abrasive automotive polish creme followed by thorough rincing on their guide for cleaning nickel plated blocks. Apparently using vinegar or acidic chemicals eats away at the nickel plating. I wouldn't be surprised if you took this same block apart and noticed this problem again or signs of it returning.
Vinegar is a harsh acid that will destroy nickel plating yup
I use vinegar, and it works well
yea that works nice too
I might try some Taco Bell Fire Sauce, I don't have any of the other. It has a lot of the same ingredients.
If it tastes good just try it already :D
I prefer use baking soda + vinegar and clean it.
I prefer vingar lol
Vinegar strips nickel plating. Ek won't Cover it.
Great video, really helped when i cleaned mine out!
Also what's the name of the song? Love it!
Happy to help. Sorry about the song man i looked for it in my library and this was its name there "2006 LGA-775 cooler on i7 2600 Modding". And then i remembered that i dont know its name and wanted to use the same song in this video so i copied from the my old video. :(
DIY Tech No worries, thanks for looking! I used Shazam to find it and I did, it's called Break Away - Foria, thanks for looking though 👊🏻
Thanks for coming back and sharing might help someone else :)
@@DIYTech21 Hi. Nice to see a friendly exchange between two people, there's so much hate and animosity towards one another these days, even over simple content like this. I found this video useful, so I have 2 blocks in going to go do this to today.. This happened in my loop and I was only using distilled water and biocide. Saw a good video about corrosion on singularity Computer's channel. So between these 2 videos I figured out what was wrong and how to fix it. Thank you.
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what thermal paste have you used? Also what about a solution of water, white vinegar, and salt? I always cleaned my blocks with that and for copper at least works great
It was Artic silver 5.
Water, white vinegar, and salt works for very mild corrosion and is slow as well. I tried @ 1:35 that is water, white vinegar, and salt solution.
For copper this combinations works too but again if your corrosion layer is very very thin or if you are using strong solution. ( less dilute vinegar solution )
chili+garlic thermal compound
Can you tell me in how much time this type of corrosion / dirt came to appear ?
Use toothpaste to clean CPU block. Don't forget to use distilled water.
Damn, I will try the ketchup thing on my ram water block, mine has some stains on plexi top and block too that I cannot remove by using toothpaste, and looks like the nickel plating is gone 🥹.
I hope by doing this method, the block will shine again 😅 sorry for my bad english
dont forget to share the how it went
@@DIYTech21 Nah, I think mine isn't stain, it is copper what Im seeing, I did use sand paper to verify 🥹🙁
@@Gabo99 Thats bad luck the galvanic corrosion has done its job so your nickel plating might be at some other component now
I just had a near disastrous leak on my EK waterblock on my Maxwell Titan-X GPU and when I got around to taking it apart I found that one of the screws attaching the plastic casting to the nickel plated part was missing and another was loose. I''ve never dismantled it before so I can only assume they must have vibrated loose. Has anyone had this happen before ?
I dont think a PC vibrates that much :O Must be some other mystery
@@DIYTech21 I've had the card for 2 years now and it is the only explanation which makes sense.
@@DIYTech21 As a postscript I have just installed an RTX 2070 and as part of the work I moved the PSU and actually found the missing screw behind it, so it had definitely fallen out.
@@lewisner Thats a strange case buddy. Glad you find it
It would have never had happened if you didnt use bad coolants and ek blocks lol
What type of fluid did you use? Cause my nickel plated EK waterblock is still looks like new after 6 years of everyday use. I'm using EK cryofuel clear.
I think the user didnt have distilled water. However the corrosion can depend on tubing and connectors as well so fluid might not be the only culprit
I got GTX 970 waterblock, does HCl will tear the nickel plating? 😅
yes for sure
noob question here .. thinking to order EKWB p360 kit .. and as i see its a copper based .. and i will order nickle gpu block for my 1070ti .. is there any problem with it .. ?
Nickel plus copper no issue.
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No. Aluminum is the only thing you need to watch out for.
afaik vinegar and dishwasher detergent doesnt make sense. its like adding acid to lye/alkaline solution
How long did you use it before you had to clean it?
I think my friend used it for about 6 months. M still not 100% sure what was the cause. I think it was his old fittings because apart for that all was nickel ...
@@DIYTech21 thanks!
@@Thomas-fk6ep My pleasure
How long does it take to get it that dity?
Totally depends on the loop and what coolant u have. Less metals simple clean coolant work much better than loop with loads of brass fittings and copper and nickel mixture with color coolant. Also dont forget to flush rads when bought new.
how to clean a silver 925 waterblock ? ^^ thank you
Have not experimented with silver so cant reccomend any specific solution.
But i think chili garlic will do the job pretty decently without harming hopefully
DIY Tech the thing is i dont this sauce here in france haha
Try simple ketchup
toothpaste?
dayum....
Chili garlic sauce FTW
I just put it in my saltwater fish tank and it cleared right up within two weeks.
learning new things everyday
@@DIYTech21 : )
Vinegar
Can I do a copper one
Here you go for copper
ruclips.net/video/XDVoR9H0eoQ/видео.html
I know its been six months, but in copper you can try using lime, its good to clean copper.