Painting a WB

Crosstrack16 · 01-22-2003, 09:21 PM

Cant you just spraypaint a waterblock instead of powder coating what not? Will it affect temps?

BrianW · 01-22-2003, 09:34 PM

What surfaces would you be painting? As long as you leave the surfaces that will be contacting your heat source and your coolant alone, you will be fine as far as temps go.

I am sure you could use rustoleum and get good results.

Brian W

jaydee · 01-24-2003, 12:26 AM

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Originally posted by Crosstrack16
Cant you just spraypaint a waterblock instead of powder coating what not? Will it affect temps?

Yeah leave the bottom of the block and the inside and do whatever to the rest. I think you are thinking about anodizing though and not powder coating. Two totally different things. Anodizing you can do to the inside aswell with minimul temp rise, but your better off not. I would still not have it done to the bottom where it contacts the core of the CPU as you would end up lapping it off anyway.

Anyway if that doesn't cover it be a little more spacific what your talking about.

01-22-2003, 09:21 PM	#1
Crosstrack16 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 169	Painting a WB Cant you just spraypaint a waterblock instead of powder coating what not? Will it affect temps?

01-22-2003, 09:34 PM	#2
BrianW Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Desert City in California Posts: 631	What surfaces would you be painting? As long as you leave the surfaces that will be contacting your heat source and your coolant alone, you will be fine as far as temps go. I am sure you could use rustoleum and get good results. Brian W __________________ Water Cooled Inwin Q500 (Dual Rads: Rad1 = DTEK Pro Core \| Rad2 = Blick Ice Estreme, Hydor L30, Dangerden Maze2, Bay Res Typhoon Reservoir, 1/2 " DD Tygon Thick Wall Hose). Flow: Res, Pump, CPU watervlock, Y into both rads, both rads into res independently. Athlon XP 1800+ (@ 1731 - 150mhz fsb.), on a Asus A7N266-c, and a Radeon 9000 *waiting for RMA'd Saphire 9800 ultra from Newegg)

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