hi i am new to pla and 3d printing. i am making a dice tower with Gratkit Silk Dual Color PLA. I want the color of the pla to stay. what is the best way to smooth the print as it is large in size?
Gratkit Silk Dual Color PLA smoothing
stressless
Hi, here are some suggestions for you:
Filament lead
You can print a filament lead part with the extruder catching the filament is more easy than before.
So it can decrease the friction of extrusion.Adjust the retraction setting on the slicer
Usually, you need to decrease the retraction distance and speed will help to decrease the possibility of the color mix
Greeting
7 days later
william sorry that is not what i was asking. the item is printing fine and it is printing wall at 10 and slice is 0.01. what i need is a process preferable chemical to smooth out the print layer lines after the print
4 days later
stressless
I know the acetone will smooth the pla and it works great.
But I didn't try this on silk pla. Maybe you can refer to this video, it would be helpful.
This video introduces this method: Using the acetone vaper to smooth the pla.
https://youtu.be/4ltpJcge_lA
william I'll take a look at it. my only issue is doesn't acetone make it softer? this is a dice tower so I can't affor to make it softer.
stressless
If you can control the time then the surface will be smooth but it won't affect the inside of the prints.
It means its structure won't change so you don't need to worry about it.
I have tried to use the hot air gun to decrease the stringing of the PLA prints.
If we don't stay at the same point for a long time then we can get a good result. I think you can refer to this. Hope this will be helpful