Matte finish. moisture issues, which riddled both of the semitransparent (Neon Green and Ultramarine Blue) and Carmine Red, and to get decent results tens of hours drying was needed. Shore hardness 82A and printing settings: 220-260C, speed 30-110mm/s. Semigloss finish. If nothing else mentioned results are based on PrusaSlicer default Print subscriptions to HackSpace magazine start from just 4, saving you a big chunk of money on the cover price. Physical properties like Silk Green. Matte white filament. Additional recommendations from website: Flow rate 110-130%, can be printed fast (they mention >80mm/s. EDIT: Seems more colors have been added to ABS-T "family", so it's better now but normal green and blue are for example missing still (2022 April). Similar to Neon Green and Ultramarine Blue; tends to have bed adhesion issues and also similar issues requiring 10-12h drying of filament before printing. Package: nozzle 185-215C, bed 0-45C. Note! Amazon.de web page shore hardness and printing settings. One of the best filaments I have found this far (2021/07), would be nice to have some more colors. Printed veryh nicely at 225C. Printed nicely with the SainSmart profile. Transparent glossy saturated dark blue. Not tried yet. Similar to the Matte PLA Army green with similar layer to layer issues. Recommendation: nozzle 2420-260C. Posted So my user experience doesn't reflect to someone printing Not tried yet. If you are not happy with the quality of our product we are happy to replace it. Subscribe to the HackSpace magazine RSS feed. I would like this very much, but for my use it's little too transparent; with 4 perimiters the infill is still shown. also this filament warps a lot in low chamber temperatures. Finish is shiny. Black: Fillamentum ABS Traffic Black (Alternatives: more matte finish and higher temperature resistance: Filament-PM ABS-T Black / Fiberlogy ABS Onyx for "sparkly" use cases) Tend to have bed adhesion issues are requires very thorough drying before printing and even then tends to "bubble". 230C nozzle worked fine, but 225C might be worth checking, at least with copper nozzle. Surface can be very nicely glossy or semiglossy based on printing temperature. Weak bed adhesion. Filament is bright translucent green with glossy finish. Recommended: 200-235C nozzle and 50-60C bed. Very little variation between layers even layer print time varies. "Effect color": Filament-PM ABS-T Orange, Filament-PM ABS-T Pink, Extruder ASA Neon Yellow Very nice and vibrant color, somewhat transparent. First print was absolute horrible - either there is moisture in filament or this black PETG is much worse than the Blue or Lila variants. Filament is transparent, interesting to see how parts turn outand oh boy this filament prints very nicely If youve ever wanted to print a model with multiple colors on a single extruder 3D printer without changing materials mid-print, the Rainbow Silk PLA filament is definitely worth checking out. Not tried yet. In general it seems that they seem to work by just losening the filament feeder gears and using low printing speeds. Printed Pressure Advance square tower using 225C and vertical walls look printed at 100mm/s in a way The Rock 3 Pro is the most recent large-format 3D printer released by Mingda, and works well when printing Silk PLA+ due to the BMG clone direct drive extruder and e3D clone hot end. Based on pressure advance test part; quite flexible compared to ABS and PLA. on 2020 190-230C temperature range was recommended, later changed to 200-230C (lots of complaints on layer adhesion). If you want high-gloss prints, silk PLA is a great choice, but there are a few alternatives: PET and PETG are both a little shinier than PLA, though not as shiny as most silk filaments. Recommended 230-250C nozzle and 100-110C bed. One positive feature as well; this is ONLY temperature tower I have printed this far, which 55 overhang printed perfectly. Recommendation 200-230C nozzle and 50-60C. Prints great without fan or with 18% fan using 255/245C nozzle & 100/95C bed. Silk filament can create excellent-looking prints, but it can also highlight every imperfection in the print, depending on how its used. After trying and getting disappointed Spectrum PLAs this was positive surprise. for the Voron V2.4. time cause slightly visible differences between layers. General: According to 3DJake.com 190-220C & 40-60C. It looks best on prints with a lot of features, such as sharp edges or tight curves the reflections then pick out these features. 2022 3DWithUs - 3D Design / 3D Printing / 3D Scanning - Guides & Reviews, Andrew Sink has been involved in the Additive Manufacturing industry since 2012 and is an enthusiastic advocate for additive technology in all forms. Spool is 100% identical to Sunly PETG I ordered at same time from Amazon in 2020, and both have this ridiculously low 200-220C recommendation, interesting to see if Sunly is actually same filament with same issues. I assumed they were wet from factory but 14h @ 70C didn't change the results. Extrudr recommends 40-60mm/s printing speed. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Printing at 255C seems to make the overextrusion issue worse. General: 3DJake.com recommends 200-240C & 90-110C. Color is dark blue, and always shiny, even top layer was shiny. Prints with all Devil Design Also not the greatest bed adhesion. Because the overall amount of material used wasnt significant, the color change is very subtle and gradually changes from a saturated green to a yellow-green mix. Surface looks more like fancy suit fabrik than plastic. Slightly lighter than Extrudr Flex semisoft black, almost dark grey on external perimeters after cooling, but top remains black. The Raspberry Pi Pico: its tiny, its fast, its versatile, and even more impressively these days its available. Spool has nicely every 90 degrees dual holes for filament end. Package recommends 220-250C nozzle, 0-60C bed, 50-100% fan and no enclosure. It tends to be a little more flexible and stretchy, and this can affect how it prints. pulled so hard that spool holder did fall from shelf and caused small crack to display box, need to print new one Light gray with glitter, 2-3x as much glitter as in Prusament for example. Due to the fact that the Silk PLA+ has an extremely reflective and shiny surface, I also noticed that randomizing the seams resulted in very visible defects at each layer where the toolpath would start and stop. The chemicals required can be quite unpleasant though. R3D call glitter filament "Twingling". It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. matte and semiglossy. LA is the most popular plastic for 3D printing, and it comes in some fantastic colours. Tends to caube "blobs" (collects filament to outside of nozzle and at some point "drops" the collected blob to printed part). I don't remember problems, but based on prints I found it seems I only used textured sheet with Prusa and Voron. In Voron Discord some people have been warning that Amazon picks up whatever filament manufacturer randomly. Temperature range provided by manufacturer 200-220C, but 230-240C produced best results. When printed 205C and external perimiters 20mm/s the result are OK. We wouldnt recommend silk PLA for any mechanically important parts the elastomers that make it shiny affect its strength. few layers print multiple minutes while rest of layers are about 1 minute. Exceptional layer adhesion; when breaking 2 perimiter wide vertical walls, they are very tough to break and when broken mostly seemed to break based on how I twisted, not always following layer lines like with most filament. There are some nice colors As I plan not to sand and paint the 3D-printed parts the color Physical properties like Silk Green. By Ben Everard. This page contains my notes from different filaments. 105C bed is too warm for some shapes and creates large elephant foot on Good bed adhesion and prints nicely 240C first layer and 250C other layers. Very glossy black, which prints well. Recommendation: nozzle 255-270C, bed 90-110C. Filament contains some glitter, and it appears to be yellow. For the price, its definitely worth buying a spool just to experiment if you are interested in making multicolor parts without having to paint or dye your prints or switch material mid-print. Printed with Voron using LGX Lite extruder and Dragon HF nicely. When printed @ 200C results are matte for 44mm/s, and equally semiglossy for 22mm/s and 11mm/s.Spool identical to Creality Green PLA (transparent little wider than Filamentum, about same width as Prusament. Spool identical to SainSmart (transparent little wider than Filamentum, about same width as Prusament. Semiglossy finish. All other temperatures and speed were awful, but 185C and 20mm/s was somewhat tolerable. Dark green: Devil Design ASA Racing Green (Alternatives: Filament-PM ABS Petrol Green, Formfutura ABS Dark Green) Recommended temperatures 210-220C nozzle and 20-60C bed. Only visual difference to Sunly is different size label in spool, slightly different bag and different looking desiccant bags. Not tried yet. Bed adhesion was not the greatest; both edges of temperature tower lifted. Not good on bridging, 15mm is too much. We cant give exact advice as each silk filament is a little different, but you may find that you need to play with the retraction or extrusion multiplier settings to get it to print reliably. Like other flexibles, not good for bridging. Does not print as well as niceABS. Printed XXXX @ 210C. No color tint, black as it should be. every 15 meters 3D Printing Temperature: 200-230C Bed Temperature: 60-80C 3D Printing Speed: 50-100mm/s, SUNLU Rainbow Silk PLA Filament on Amazon (affiliate link). Glue stick is mandatory, won't stick to textured bed good enough. thou printouts didn't turn out giganticly flexible compared to 98A. Nice glossy dark lila. Had bad experiences with Prusa and standard Voron V2.4, but after modifying so that I can reach 55C chamber temperature For flexible it's mandatory, even directly out of the package the one I tried didn't print well, but after 10 hours in dryer it printed really well. I used 4 perimiters, which removed the issue if seeing the infill, I can see infill via bottom and when using 2 layers.. Surface finish is always shiny, on test sample 44mm/s and 22mm/s are similar (22mm/s very little darker) and 11mm/s was clearly darker. were OK with 0.8mm nozzle. Manufacturers often surprise us with something new and unusual, like adding sparkles or multicolored segments on the spool. When small printing speed used produces semigloss results. as layer adhesion is not great in any of the Prusament PLAs. Using a .2mm layer height and using PrusaSlicer default settings, the model used a total of 32.91 grams of filament and printed in just under four hours. Requires increasing retraction from the usual 0.25mm to 0.4mm and enabling SuperSlicer option "wipe while retracting" and setting "extra wipe for external perimeters" set to 1mm. Prints that use more material will change color at a faster rate than prints that only use a small amount of material. Prints nicely, layer to layer variance little too big for my taste thou. Shore hardness 85A and printing settings: 220-250C, bec 50-60C, speed 10-20mm/s. Like advertised color is army green, slightly darker compared to what usually is considered as army green. Color is very light yellowish green. With Voron I have mainly printed with 0.6mm nozzle On Z-level where layer print time changes radically there were issues, like shrinkage of whole layer which layer print time was 10x previous layers. I have tested lots of ABS/ASA filaments to find the best ones for me. With Prusa I have printed everything with If your print has large flat areas or gentle curves, the reflections will pick up any issues, such as ghosting or a Z seam. Buy 4 rolls and receive free standard shipping, All orders processed and packed same business day, Print Solid is the proud Australian distributor, Free monthly filament samples with orders, Copyright 2021 Print Solid. Not yet tried. Recommended 240-255C and 80-105C. External perimiters nice and shiny, no matter what settings. almost 2 years ago. Color is like gold and finish always shiny. Requires increasing retraction from the usual 0.25mm to 0.4-0.6mm and enabling SuperSlicer option "wipe while retracting" and setting "extra wipe for external perimeters" set to 1mm. This works particularly well if you need to sand or fill parts of your print first. All Rights Reserved. 20mm/s was darker than default speed 35mm/s. I'm very doubtful about the bed temperature recommendation, it look quite high for PETG. with cooling fan blowing 33% all the time and 80% in overhangs, and used 0.96 extrusion multiplier; excellent results, nothing technical or surface quality This filament tends to be little "stringy", and don't like to be printed above 205C, even manufacturer says 190-230C. Required fields are marked *. Recommendation: nozzle 220-260C. My definitions of glossiness: Very dark glossy green. As filament was not good for low temperature printing I decided to print 2nd test print, but this time at maximum recommended temperature 235C. Filament tested using the 6x temperature tower using PrusaSlicer default speed for three bottom "layers" and 20mm/s for three top layers, and temperatures 215-200-185C. According to Filament-PM 240-260C nozzle, 100-110C bed and needs "Magigoo PC". thin 2 perimiter structures, where the elephant foot compensation or CAD chamfer cannot be used. Formfutura instructs to use 235-255C nozzle, 80-100C bed and enclosure. and print quality is at best level (on par with Filamentum ABS for example), minimal or no variations on Z-layers even on my test print 0.6mm chamfer on bottom and no elephant foot compensation was close to perfect, could try next time 0.5mm, bed adhesion was great with glue and on the first parts printed there was I have not yet tried the filament. 45 overhang was OK, 55 overhand did curve upwards towards end of bed (the part cooling fan blows from front), and this was pretty bad as well as the whole rear edge of 55 overhang. Prima recommends 220-270C. Medium green: Filament-PM ABS Green (Alternative: Fillamentum ABS Turquoise Green) exactly same fro between 225C to 255C, and even 265C was only marginally worse. Spool is same as Prusa's "Pearl" filaments have. Prusa recommends 215C and 50-60C. Semigloss or even gloss finish. Additionally noticed that very large prints were more khaki, and smaller prints had more yellow/orange tint on them. Finish is always glossy, shade of gray depends on alyer print time (e.g. in middle of the test print I increased speed first to 200% and once that was successful increased it further to 300%, could not see any difference between 100%-200%-300% => Vapour smoothing is where you place your print in an enclosure with some solvent vapour that dissolves the surface of the print when done correctly, it can lead to a very smooth finish. Youll get exclusive subscriber offers, and more projects, ideas, and inspiration than you can shake a toolbox at. Feeling and looking like silk this filament is great for exhibition projects. Printed parts are so smooth; smooth perimeters and really Recommended temperature range 200-220C, test print done at maximum temperature. "Generic PLA" OR filament specific Free Australia Wide Delivery with any 4 rolls purchased. Prusa not making this one, this is made by Filament PM, and their Pearl Green is the same filament. I really would like to use PETG as there really aren't many glossy PLA filaments. Filament PM says that this is hard to print, but printed 240C nozzle and 110C bed (to increase chamber temperature) As my main usage is fairly large parts, I had only ONCE Prints quite nicely. Can produce nice results, but very sensitive to printing speed/layer print speed. If trying to imitate gold color then it's worth to note that slower print speed will cause darker end results, and to imitate gold the 44mm/s on test sample was closest to gold in my eye - so in practice very hard to make things look like gold as small and/or complicated objects will not print this high speeds. Recommended temperatures are lower than usual: 210-240C nozzle and bed 100-110C (3DJake has these wrong). Used 240C and 110C bed and 55C chamber temperature. General: 3DJake.com defines 220-250C and 95-110C. I have very small experience of flexible filaments. Recommendation 230-240C and bed 90-100C. Used 260C & 100C. Spool is same as Prusa's "Pearl" filaments have. TODO: add photos, PrusaSlicer 2.3 regarding top infill = monotonous. General: According to 3DJake.com 190-220C & 40-60C. Did buy only once as these were same as 3DJake's niceABS blue and black, and it's 30% cheaper. All this after oepning factory closed pack and drying 18h at 60C.