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SoliForum - 3D Printing Community → Filament → printing with white color
Is it just me or white is tricky to print? I tried ABS and PLA same brand, prints are fine in black, orange, red, gray ect... but white,,, they look like a cow arse... start fine but getting delam, uneven layer ect... should I just avoid white and print with natural? Thx in advance.
The colorant added to filament affects them a lot. Yes white is the worst. For a wonderful time try natural.
Thx for this answer! I was sure you guys were going to ask me to go take a piss test!!!
Here's your cup... 
I just went this morning for bloodwork at Kaiser, and they gave me a cup too.
I use White Hatchbox PLA with great results.
I use the white PLA we sell. I would be happy to send out samples and provide photos of what I have printed with it.
that Revolve filament is great stuff. had pellets Filastruded (by another member here) for me that I won in Christmas giveaway with custom colors provided by Revolve to the guy that done it and we shared the filament. colors mix well with no fade/marbling.
maybe I am lucky, but I have had no real problems using white filament - either PLA or ABS.
I have found that white generally likes a slightly lower temp than other colors (yellow too) by a few degrees, but with good calibrations it is no harder to work with than any other color.
yep and red/black even lower temps as those colors seem to ooze easier maybe even readjust flow rate a bit as if fililament is thicker than it is
yep and red/black even lower temps as those colors seem to ooze easier maybe even readjust flow rate a bit as if fililament is thicker than it is
Red seems to be more of a pain for me than any other color - but black seems to want a slightly higher temps - on my printer anyway...
for me it seems lighter colors = lower temps, darker colors = higher temps... and glow in the dark's are way different - usually a fair bit lower than other colors of a similar material (ABS for me) If I run white & yellow at 235C, the GITD is more like 220-225C
point is, temp should be checked/calibrated for each color.
n2ri wrote:yep and red/black even lower temps as those colors seem to ooze easier maybe even readjust flow rate a bit as if fililament is thicker than it is
Red seems to be more of a pain for me than any other color - but black seems to want a slightly higher temps - on my printer anyway...
for me it seems lighter colors = lower temps, darker colors = higher temps... and glow in the dark's are way different - usually a fair bit lower than other colors of a similar material (ABS for me) If I run white & yellow at 235C, the GITD is more like 220-225Cpoint is, temp should be checked/calibrated for each color.
flow rate also and remeasure filament dia each roll for that too.
i do measure diameter for each new roll/color I get, and do a proper calibration for flow for each one, too - then save a profile for that particular roll/color.
getting temps set correctly for each one can sometimes be a challenge, tho - that info doesn't really get saved in the filament profiles 
Just want to back Revolve3D. I make spectacular filament with their pellets!
White, Black, Orange....all good stuff.
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