[Bugsmasher]

Aight, I admit it. After cracking loose with over $200 for my original WCing system I am a cheapskate.

To date I have changed from a pre-modded '86 Chevette HC + PrimoChill shroud to a '77 B-ville and did some small modifications + home built shroud. Savings + performance has made me very happy. I have also changed from the various additives for anti-corrosion and anti-growth to good old fashioned Anti Freeze OR Hyper Lube and some Iodine (anti-growth) in order to avoid the extra cost generated by using the pre-mixed coolant solutions.

Now we come to the interesting part. I admit I like a little bling in my WCing system. If its gonna run great why shouldnt it look good to IF and ONLY IF it wont hurt overall performance. This brings me to my question- I have used the UV additives suggested and offered on several WCing sites and frankly....I am extremely unimpressed with them. The effect is small when using their suggested proportions and frankly doesnt seem to get much better even when going with more additive than suggested. This extends to pure distilled water + UV as well as my standard coolant mix.

I had read something interesting where someone had used a standard non-toxic HighLighter Marker by Avery so just for giggles I went ahead and did the same thing in a glass of water I simply placed near a UV light. I simply soaked the nib end of the marker in the water for a short while and the effect is ....amazing.

This stuff glows like nothing else I have seen. Great on the appearence and it seems to completely dissolve in the water. I let it sit for a while to allow some of the water to evaporate and could see no buildup on the side of the glass.

Does anyone know if this is safe to use or has anyone used this before for any decent length of time? If so what was the effect on corrsion if any?

I know, I know, bling is secondary which I agree with...but you have to see this stuffs appearence under a UV light. It puts those $10 UV additives to shame. If this is unsafe my next stop will probably be the Dye-Lite leak detection additive but for the price ($1.00) and appearence (hubba hubba) this might just be a great match for price and performance.

Will get some pictures after I start my wire management mods. My case currently looks like a bowl of spaghetti. Fanbus coming up!