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Pekish79
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Any Crystal clear PLA

Post by Pekish79 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:34 am

was looking around and pla doesn't really come in clear transparent i guess i could use PETG
or try the ColorFabb XT PLA Transparent Filament
http://www.amazon.com/ColorFabb-XT-PLA- ... rent+clear
any advice?

PS the colorfabb XT is petg ahaha they just messed up the name on amazon

which petg is best to print .5 i want to use layer of 3mm for transparency reason as i only am doing something similar to a box no details

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Re: Any Crystal clear PLA

Post by Bratag » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:27 am

Pekish79 wrote:was looking around and pla doesn't really come in clear transparent i guess i could use PETG
or try the ColorFabb XT PLA Transparent Filament
http://www.amazon.com/ColorFabb-XT-PLA- ... rent+clear
any advice?

PS the colorfabb XT is petg ahaha they just messed up the name on amazon

which petg is best to print .5 i want to use layer of 3mm for transparency reason as i only am doing something similar to a box no details
You want something like the Amphora filament . Goes quite clear when you apply a weak solvent apparently

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Re: Any Crystal clear PLA

Post by jsc » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:10 pm

Here's a blog post from a while ago about how clear you can get T-Glase with some epoxy coating: https://ultimaker.com/en/community/1053 ... ransparent

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Re: Any Crystal clear PLA

Post by Pekish79 » Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:23 pm

thx i actually like it to be a bit blurry not 80% transparent so i dont think i will use coating but i will probably us .5 or .75 and high layers

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