I'm hearing that when printing clear or translucents, that the hotter your print temp the clearer the result.
You all have any experience here? Should I crank this bad boy up to 250c???
9 years, 3 months ago
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paeonius
- i think its the opposite, the higher you print the more bubbles you will get but i think its a mix of temp vs speed also if you want clear or translucent you should print as think as possible
With PET materials like colorfabbXT and T-glase, there tends to be a sweet spot. Too cold and you're going to have poor transparency, too hot and you're going to tend to see bubbles like paeonius said.
Also, consider the XTC-3D material on XT or t-glase. taulman put up a really cool pic on reddit. looked like glass after the coating.
elpulpo
- If you're after something really clear, it'll be worth keeping an eye on Taulman's ARCBio PLA. They introduced it in an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign but have made assurances that they're still working on it so watch this space...
A real pity that this campaign failed. My own feeling is that it was simply because they confused people with a selection of seemingly similar materials.
9 years, 3 months ago
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vinnie90
- @tjones what material are you printing with? From reading these comments it seems that different materials need different settings to make it work.
I personally printed with clear a couple of times but never kept it that way. I always painted it afterwards.
I think @paeonius has a good point about thickness of it.
One way to test is to make a simple thin wall that will only take 5 min to print. change the setting on each print to then compare the results. Please post any information on here if you figure it out!
but i think its a mix of temp vs speed
also if you want clear or translucent you should print as think as possible
With PET materials like colorfabbXT and T-glase, there tends to be a sweet spot. Too cold and you're going to have poor transparency, too hot and you're going to tend to see bubbles like paeonius said.
Also, consider the XTC-3D material on XT or t-glase. taulman put up a really cool pic on reddit. looked like glass after the coating.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144287795/taulman3d-toolbox-of-6-new-materials
A real pity that this campaign failed. My own feeling is that it was simply because they confused people with a selection of seemingly similar materials.
I personally printed with clear a couple of times but never kept it that way. I always painted it afterwards.
I think @paeonius has a good point about thickness of it.
One way to test is to make a simple thin wall that will only take 5 min to print. change the setting on each print to then compare the results. Please post any information on here if you figure it out!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:582932/#instructions