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Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-24T20:44:21Z

thankyou for that

Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-24T00:13:17Z

Or maybe something like this would work: http://www.krylon.com/products/uvresist … r-coating/

Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-23T22:33:39Z

thats a good idea and i appreciate the help

Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-19T17:29:39Z

I know that there is a UV resistance additive put into certain plastics (such as Nylon) to make them suitable for outdoor applications.

According to Taulman's site however, this additive decreases layer bonding. So it might be that if you can get nylon pellets with UV resistant additive, and use a filastruder (modified with a 15v psu) to make the filament, you could make outdoor cases, but they would not be impact resistant.

Maybe for your cases, if you have two extruders, you could set one with UV resistant filament to print the perimeters of the case, and non-UV resistant filament to fill the inner layers of the case, and provide more strength. It's just an idea, and it would be a big project to research and try, but I hope the idea helps.

Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-10T03:04:25Z

I thought ABS was fairly element tough like resistant to UV.

Re: UV resistent Filament

2015-03-10T03:00:57Z

I have heard that most of the black filaments are fairly UV resistant, but I'm not sure how reliable that information is.

UV resistent Filament

2015-03-10T02:58:04Z

I have a project i've been requested to work on but the items to be made are for outdoor cases, for electronics. They would liek them to have high UV protection to prevent the plastic degrading can anyone recommend a filament. or is this something that would have to be specially formulated or would Nylon be better?