Something similar to acetone vapor smoothing for PLA?

Alex3DHubs · 2015-01-21T22:17:43.000Z

Does anybody know of a process similar to the acetone vapor smoothing with ABS? Except for PLA?

I’ve seen some people experimenting with Ethyl Acetate, but haven’t attempted it myself - http://www.printedsolid.com/smoothpla/ . The results seem pretty good and the chemical itself is relatively cheap.

Was wondering if anybody has done some tinkering with PLA smoothing and what their results were. I’d love to learn more.

Alex

Nacho · 2015-01-22T01:13:32.000Z

Maybe you can try with XTC-3D: Buy XTC-3D High Performance 3D Print Coating from Reynolds Advanced Materials

I have it, but I have not done tests yet

Retep · 2015-01-22T16:32:03.000Z

http://fabsterdam.com/3dprinting/smoothing-pla/

Retep · 2015-01-22T16:33:40.000Z

In the comments of this article: “simple nail polish without acetone works fine, guess what the principal component is: ethyl acetate”

Alex3DHubs · 2015-01-23T03:06:41.000Z

@Retep Nice, I saw that nail polish had ethyl acetate as an active ingredient, I’ll give that a shot once I get our FDM machine up and running post move.

Alex