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        <title>PLA lifespan in water</title>
        <description> Anyone know how long a pla part will survive in water? I printed an extension ring for a shower tile floor to raise the chrome drain up to the tile height and was afraid to use pla.</description>
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            <title>Re: PLA lifespan in water</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ It depends on the temperature of the water. My understanding is that is should be fine in water up to 50C or a little higher.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:47:54 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: PLA lifespan in water</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?4,586073,588176#msg-588176</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Here is a post on PLA durability. Probably not what you expected. Short read.[<a href="http://www.protoparadigm.com/news-updates/weathering-of-3d-printed-pla-objects/" target="_blank"  rel="nofollow">www.protoparadigm.com</a>]]]></description>
            <dc:creator>elwood127</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:06:14 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>PLA lifespan in water</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Anyone know how long a pla part will survive in water? I printed an extension ring for a shower tile floor to raise the chrome drain up to the tile height and was afraid to use pla.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>elwood127</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
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