<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — PLA pellets with sugar or food colorant ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/11544/pla-pellets-with-sugar-or-food-colorant/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:50:57 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: PLA pellets with sugar or food colorant ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/106702/#p106702 shields1.as wrote:

RIT clothing dye, ethyl acetate, and pla pellets. Pour into a pan and mix it well. Then let it dry out completely. Grind up and boom you have your own pla colorant.

What kind of ratios are we talking about here?

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:50:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/106702/#p106702 <![CDATA[Re: PLA pellets with sugar or food colorant ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/100378/#p100378 I tried egg colorant and it did not work.
It simply did not mix with melted PLA.
Back to the drawing board sad

]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2015 00:53:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/100378/#p100378 <![CDATA[Re: PLA pellets with sugar or food colorant ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/99506/#p99506 RIT clothing dye, ethyl acetate, and pla pellets. Pour into a pan and mix it well. Then let it dry out completely. Grind up and boom you have your own pla colorant.


tonycstech wrote:

Would sugar colorant work with PLA pellets prior to extrusion thru the filastruder ?
I wonder.
PLA colorant ok too but its not producing perfect blend whereas food colorant could be blended much easier with the pellets.

I dont have any colorant to try but i have plenty of pellets so i really want to mess with this.

Does anybody have any experience with that ?

]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:01:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/99506/#p99506 <![CDATA[PLA pellets with sugar or food colorant ?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/99496/#p99496 Would sugar colorant work with PLA pellets prior to extrusion thru the filastruder ?
I wonder.
PLA colorant ok too but its not producing perfect blend whereas food colorant could be blended much easier with the pellets.

I dont have any colorant to try but i have plenty of pellets so i really want to mess with this.

Does anybody have any experience with that ?

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