Topic: Brush on smooth coating
Looks promising, and you're not removing material to get it smooth. Maybe more of the detail would be preserved over the vapor method or of course more than sanding.
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No bites on this? I thought some of you would jump all over it.
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Well, I have all the parts printed for my sonic screwdriver, but I'm just planning to use sanding, acetone, and paint on them. If I'm disappointed in that, maybe I'll try again with this new goop :-). I do wonder how much thicker it makes the parts after coating.
4 2014-11-19 15:39:37 (edited by IronMan 2014-11-19 15:40:28)
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cmetzel wrote:
No bites on this? I thought some of you would jump all over it.
This kind of fell through the cracks (pun intended)
Need to get some!
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Just in case there are any other Aussies wondering about this stuff, Rowe Trading will have some in about 8 weeks thanks to yours truly annoying them to get some in 
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This looks like some awesome stuff. I've been doing resin casting, so it would be nice to have an already smooth part to make a mold with. It just makes more sense to do all the hard work on one part THEN make copies.
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the product site http://www.reynoldsam.com/product/xtc-3d/ has a video titled "How add color and effects to a 3d printed part ..." that shows my Miniature Taj Mahal, http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11182
Would have been nice if they had abided by the license: "Miniature Taj Mahal - Updated 9.3.2011 by tc_fea is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike license"
i.e. the "attribution" part where they mention where they got the model from.
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The material did look make the taj mahal model look nice.
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I wonder how is is different from regular 2 part epoxy resin.
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I'm going to try using my resin as a filler and see how it comes out. Lots of people buying things want injection molded smoothness, which is a good bit extra work.
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I saw a post from someone who worked on its development, and they said the formulation was fine tuned to get a viscosity and wetting action that works best for the typical roughness of a 3D printed part.
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Credit is now given on the video featuring your Taj Mahal model.
Would have been nice if they had abided by the license: "Miniature Taj Mahal - Updated 9.3.2011 by tc_fea is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Share Alike license"
i.e. the "attribution" part where they mention where they got the model from.
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Anyone tried this stuff yet?
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Anyone tried this stuff yet?
Yep, I tried to like it but its just overly complicated for an epoxy finish. 1:2 ratio unnecessary annoying, pretty ehh sanding results.
Almost always felt rubbery even with the ratio measured using a digital scale.
Oh and takes ten weeks to arrive in Oz.. Which may or may not have biased me against it.
On the bright side I've since worked out that ZAP's Z-poxy finishing resin works much better, at least on PLA.
1:1 ratio, cheaper per ml than XTC and sands really quite well. I'll be testing it properly with a few .6 meter projects in the next few weeks.
Here are some pix of the ZAP stuff, lightly sanded on the flatter areas of a part printed with the previous-and-now-replaced Z screws of my Ord Bot.
http://imgur.com/a/7P3BL
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cmetzel wrote:
No bites on this? I thought some of you would jump all over it.
Okay, I'll bite. A gallon of epoxy resin runs around $60, or about $3 for 6 ounces vs. the $10 these guys are charging. To thin the viscosity, mix it with toluene, which runs around $30 per gallon. If the mixture is half and half, that makes 6 ounces worth about two bucks --- RETAIL. In other words, it sounds like some drunk is mixing the stuff in his basement and selling it at a 1000% markup.
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Sounds like a great business opportunity for you then, Don9mm!
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elmoret wrote:
Sounds like a great business opportunity for you then, Don9mm!
You still spamming these boards with your troll posts and the bogus filastruders you make in your mom's basement that have never worked for anyone you chumped into buying one?
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Damn guys!!!! Nice now... be nice.
If you build it they will come. Then they will make fun of it, tell you it's not worth doing and go home and try to copy you.
If a picture is worth a thousand words then being there is worth a thousand pictures.
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I wish my mother had a basement. I could save a lot of money if I could run my business from there.
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elmoret wrote:
I wish my mother had a basement. I could save a lot of money if I could run my business from there.
Plus it'd make it easier to leave town in the middle of the night when people you've ripped off on the fillastrudle scam want their money back.
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Well I guess not.
If you build it they will come. Then they will make fun of it, tell you it's not worth doing and go home and try to copy you.
If a picture is worth a thousand words then being there is worth a thousand pictures.
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22 2015-02-20 03:01:51 (edited by Ggalisky 2015-02-20 03:04:25)
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Don9mm wrote:
elmoret wrote:Sounds like a great business opportunity for you then, Don9mm!
You still spamming these boards with your troll posts and the bogus filastruders you make in your mom's basement that have never worked for anyone you chumped into buying one?
They work, I have two. Proof:
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8880/abs … -colorant/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8528/tpe-versaflex/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9090/pc- … m-pc-2012/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8960/abs … evolve-3d/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8529/pla-4043d/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8535/abs … ly-source/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8499/acrylic/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9818/or- … olerances/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8237/nyl … 8-regrind/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2643/fil … -the-wild/
Do not make baseless claims.
Considering Tim's posts "trolling" is very far from the truth. He is really helpful member of the community, and several other users can attest to that.
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Ggalisky wrote:
Don9mm wrote:elmoret wrote:Sounds like a great business opportunity for you then, Don9mm!
You still spamming these boards with your troll posts and the bogus filastruders you make in your mom's basement that have never worked for anyone you chumped into buying one?
They work, I have two. Proof:
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8880/abs … -colorant/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8528/tpe-versaflex/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9090/pc- … m-pc-2012/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8960/abs … evolve-3d/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8529/pla-4043d/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8535/abs … ly-source/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8499/acrylic/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9818/or- … olerances/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/8237/nyl … 8-regrind/
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2643/fil … -the-wild/Do not make baseless claims.
Considering Tim's posts "trolling" is very far from the truth. He is really helpful member of the community, and several other users can attest to that.
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A) The Filastruder is proven to work if one were to put the time, effort, and knowledge into it. The products and service he provides is top notch. And he makes ZERO money from "trolling" on a topically selective forum.
B) Can we please have the previous comments either moved to a "hate thread" or removed? This has nothing to do with this thread...though entertaining! 
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Yes please! If I wanted random drama, I would go back to watching TV...
In regards to the smoothing epoxy; Does anyone have an idea of it's buildup thickness? It might be nice to use, but my stuff still have to fit together predictably.
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machinistjoe wrote:
Yes please! If I wanted random drama, I would go back to watching TV...
In regards to the smoothing epoxy; Does anyone have an idea of it's buildup thickness? It might be nice to use, but my stuff still have to fit together predictably.
But drama on the internet is soooo amusingly pointless!
The build thickness is largely self determined with ones brushing. Its easy enough to spread a small amount around without causing problems.
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