MakerGear black filament matte surface

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sprior
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MakerGear black filament matte surface

Post by sprior » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:08 am

Just out of curiosity, I notice that the spool of black PLA filament that came from MakerGear with my M2 has a matte finish on the spooled filament. Now of course that finish isn't going to survive the extrusion process, but every other brand of PLA filament I've seen is shiny on the roll. I was curious why the difference, is there some functional reason for the different surface texture? Just brainstorming I was wondering if it reduced friction in the bowden tube vs a shiny smooth surface, but that's a total guess. Do any other filament brands have that same surface texture?

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