fix the problems with vinyl!

DigitalChaos · 04-05-2002, 04:10 PM

well.. just one of the problems... the KINKING!!

http://www.thesteele.net/nokink/tightbend.html

http://www.thesteele.net/highfsb/highfsb.html

that guy took the vinyl and heated it up to put the bends in it. this makes it look damn clean, and keeps the kinking problem out.

not claiming this is a solve all for vinyl... but it make vinyl more of a viable sollution for the budget.

(cant wait for my tygon...)

ambient · 04-05-2002, 04:20 PM

I think I will give it a go I got 20' of 1/2 id 3/4 od sitting around. I was gonna buy tygon but why bother if I can get this to work.

mkosem · 04-05-2002, 05:06 PM

any idea how to keep it from staining?

--Matt

Brad · 04-05-2002, 06:25 PM

yeah, I've done that before too. It is damned hard to get it to bend right, but not burn it.

Xel · 04-05-2002, 06:43 PM

Why don't you just buy tygon?

MeltMan · 04-05-2002, 06:46 PM

"kinkey" (no pun intended) idea.... use boiling water instead of an open flame to heat the tubing. It might work similar to how a mouthpiece for contact sports is formed... heat and bend, then cool. Keep me posted if it works.

Later

Brad · 04-05-2002, 06:48 PM

it does work, but not for really sharp turns

MeltMan · 04-05-2002, 06:52 PM

ah ha, thanks brad

Cyco-Dude · 04-06-2002, 01:27 AM

try a heat-gun or hair dryer...

DigitalChaos · 04-06-2002, 01:28 AM

im sure there are certain heat guns... or you could just hold it farther from the flame and wait a little longer for it to start melting.

Cyco-Dude · 04-06-2002, 01:34 AM

lol, you dont want it to melt, you just want it to get soft and plyable.

DigitalChaos · 04-06-2002, 10:11 AM

making it pliable IS melting it.. anytime you take a solid and make it more of a liquid your melting it.... i guess i mean that you melt it to a very pliable state... but still in tube form

Psychotic · 04-06-2002, 10:23 AM

/me still wants Tygon.

TiTch · 04-06-2002, 11:28 AM

With the prohibative cost of tygon in the UK, this is a very real alternative. I think a heat gun would be less likely to burn and a lot more controlable.

mkosem · 04-06-2002, 01:47 PM

HAHA!! I love that bob the builder avatar titch!

--Matt

TiTch · 04-06-2002, 02:25 PM

cheers - my 3 year old though it was right for me.

mkosem · 04-06-2002, 02:26 PM

hehe, I should get a wendy pic for mine.

--Matt

DigitalChaos · 04-06-2002, 11:51 PM

hey tygon is a great option and all... so is silicone.. but you have to admit that the super cheap price of vinyl makes it a decent option. and now the fact that kinking is alot easier to get rid of... it makes vinyl an even better option.

ive run mostly vinyl, i have 20 ft of silicone that is unused, and i have tygon on order =)

max007007 · 04-08-2002, 01:00 AM

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Originally posted by DigitalChaos
hey tygon is a great option and all... so is silicone.. but you have to admin that the super cheap price of vinyl makes it a decent option. and now the fact that kinking is alot easier to get rid of... it makes vinyl an even better option.
ive run mostly vinyl, i have 20 ft of silicone that is unused, and i have tygon on order =)

Which site you order your Tygon from?
Do they do international shippping?

UnaClocker · 05-06-2002, 06:42 AM

Fumes given off by PVC while it's burning (and possibly while it's melting) are deadly. I wouldn't do this if I were you.

gmat · 05-06-2002, 06:58 AM

Boiling water is the way to go... no burns no fumes.

gone_fishin · 05-07-2002, 05:25 PM

If you buy the vinyl with a thick enough skin it can bend fine without kinking. I just got some 3/8"ID - 9/16"OD for $0.35/ft.

04-05-2002, 04:10 PM	#1
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	fix the problems with vinyl! well.. just one of the problems... the KINKING!! http://www.thesteele.net/nokink/tightbend.html http://www.thesteele.net/highfsb/highfsb.html that guy took the vinyl and heated it up to put the bends in it. this makes it look damn clean, and keeps the kinking problem out. not claiming this is a solve all for vinyl... but it make vinyl more of a viable sollution for the budget. (cant wait for my tygon...)

04-05-2002, 04:20 PM	#2
ambient Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 312	I think I will give it a go I got 20' of 1/2 id 3/4 od sitting around. I was gonna buy tygon but why bother if I can get this to work. __________________ water cooled 1.4 tbird @ 1580 143x11 vcore 1.88 vio 3.55

04-05-2002, 05:06 PM	#3
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	any idea how to keep it from staining? --Matt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

04-05-2002, 06:25 PM	#4
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	yeah, I've done that before too. It is damned hard to get it to bend right, but not burn it. __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

04-05-2002, 06:46 PM	#6
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	"kinkey" (no pun intended) idea.... use boiling water instead of an open flame to heat the tubing. It might work similar to how a mouthpiece for contact sports is formed... heat and bend, then cool. Keep me posted if it works. Later __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

04-05-2002, 06:43 PM	#5
Xel Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 46	Why don't you just buy tygon?

04-05-2002, 06:48 PM	#7
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	it does work, but not for really sharp turns __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

04-05-2002, 06:52 PM	#8
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	ah ha, thanks brad __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

04-06-2002, 01:27 AM	#9
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	try a heat-gun or hair dryer...

04-06-2002, 01:28 AM	#10
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	im sure there are certain heat guns... or you could just hold it farther from the flame and wait a little longer for it to start melting.

04-06-2002, 01:34 AM	#11
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	lol, you dont want it to melt, you just want it to get soft and plyable.

04-06-2002, 10:11 AM	#12
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	making it pliable IS melting it.. anytime you take a solid and make it more of a liquid your melting it.... i guess i mean that you melt it to a very pliable state... but still in tube form

04-06-2002, 10:23 AM	#13
Psychotic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: currently in hiding after a recent escape from the psychiatric ward of a local hospital Posts: 69	/me still wants Tygon. __________________ I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

04-06-2002, 11:28 AM	#14
TiTch Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK. Posts: 64	With the prohibative cost of tygon in the UK, this is a very real alternative. I think a heat gun would be less likely to burn and a lot more controlable.

04-06-2002, 01:47 PM	#15
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	HAHA!! I love that bob the builder avatar titch! --Matt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

04-06-2002, 02:25 PM	#16
TiTch Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: London, UK. Posts: 64	cheers - my 3 year old though it was right for me.

04-06-2002, 02:26 PM	#17
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	hehe, I should get a wendy pic for mine. --Matt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

04-06-2002, 11:51 PM	#18
DigitalChaos Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Waukesha, Wi Posts: 698	hey tygon is a great option and all... so is silicone.. but you have to admit that the super cheap price of vinyl makes it a decent option. and now the fact that kinking is alot easier to get rid of... it makes vinyl an even better option. ive run mostly vinyl, i have 20 ft of silicone that is unused, and i have tygon on order =) Last edited by DigitalChaos; 04-08-2002 at 12:40 PM.

05-06-2002, 06:42 AM	#20
UnaClocker Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 514	Fumes given off by PVC while it's burning (and possibly while it's melting) are deadly. I wouldn't do this if I were you. __________________ The UnaClocker Watercooler Extraordinaire! Overclock till it goes BOOM!

05-06-2002, 06:58 AM	#21
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Boiling water is the way to go... no burns no fumes.

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