Suggestions of chemical to finish PLA prints?

Iya

Just wondering if anyone has suggestions on a chemical to finish off PLA prints (similar to acetone on ABS prints)

googling around i found

caustic soda
chlorinated solvents
benzene at an elevated temperature

has any one ever tried these?

i want to advoid nasty white covering that you get with aceton and PLA

Good question. I have been wondering about this too. I have not yet seen anyone smooth a PLA print the way I have seen ABS dunked in acetone.

Perhaps a heat gun could be used??? But that would be more of an art than a science.

I would love to see what people come up with

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WHen I want my ABS to be very clean (to paint and look like a finished part) I paint them with a filler primer first, this is a thick primer that fills in any pin holes, scratches and lines. I give it a few coats and then add the final paint color.

I would think you could do the same with PLA.

I have attached a few example. The purple one was dipped in acetone, the painted rough one was just painted and the Trek-final was sprayed with a few coats of filler primer then painted.

Cool trek pins

Got a brand of prefered filler primer?

Idolcrasher Wrote:
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> Cool trek pins
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> Got a brand of prefered filler primer?


Yes, Dupli-Color. Normally sold at automotive paint stores and [www.tcpglobal.com]