Comment on What’s the purpose of 3D printing in ABS vs other more modern filaments?
Travalanche@lemmy.world 1 year agoDo you just wipe it down when it’s done printing, or is that part of the printing process in a higher end printer?
Comment on What’s the purpose of 3D printing in ABS vs other more modern filaments?
Travalanche@lemmy.world 1 year agoDo you just wipe it down when it’s done printing, or is that part of the printing process in a higher end printer?
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
If you’re asking about smoothing you need to build a fume chamber. You want the print bathed in a low steady steam bath of acetone (for ABS) or IPA (for PVB). A sufficient fume chamber isn’t difficult to build, you can find instruction all over. But, again, vaporized acetone is hazardous.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Depending on the amount of detail you need to keep, you really can just paint a little acetone straight into the print. You wouldn’t want to do that on, say, the face of a figurine, but for flat uniform surfaces is great, and much faster.