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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I think the benefit of vapor smoothing is that you can precisely control the exposure and walk it up to where you want it to be.&nbsp; Dipping could leave pooling, drip marks, uneven application, etc.&nbsp; </p><p>I always look for how it&#039;s done in large scale and try to make that work for my small scale.&nbsp; Companies figure out how to be cost effective so if a diluted solution would work for vapor degreasing it would probably be used in industry.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say you wouldn&#039;t stumble across acceptable results trying it.&nbsp; What&#039;s the harm in trying?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cmetzel]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T15:18:39Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;m pretty sure it&#039;s not that great.<br /><img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p><p>Most thoughts aren&#039;t original, but I was hoping to find someone who explained the manner it failed in.<br />There is prob. a reason since most people go through the effort of &quot;making&quot; the vapor-smoothing-station.</p><p>But you got a point, I should try it myself.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Kvirre]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T15:03:05Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#039;t heard of it being tried, document your results maybe it&#039;ll be a new standard.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[cmetzel]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/78/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T14:52:52Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>This is not what I was going for here ....</p><p>As I said, not with concentrated Acetone, but rather with diluted Acetone.<br />Gravity does it thing anyway, no matter what.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Kvirre]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/207/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T14:47:27Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You can dip your prints into acetone (I think we call this an acetone bath) for about 3-4 seconds and then take it out.</p><p>This can cause a dripping effect on the print though.&nbsp; The vapor run provides a more consist finish and the whole process from start to finish takes just a couple minutes + drying time.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[nickythegreek]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/366/</uri>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T14:10:47Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Diluted acetone smoothing]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p><p>Since I have not tried it, i&#039;m putting it out there ...<br />Do you really need to use Acetone-Vapor to smooth your print?</p><p>Since dipping you model in concentrated Acetone would most likely melt your model in no-time, but how about diluted acetone? Why not dip you model in a diluted fluid, letting it sit for a while, stir and repeat for hours / mintues for controlled smoothing?</p><p>Have anyone tried it?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Kvirre]]></name>
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			<updated>2013-02-20T10:06:41Z</updated>
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