SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Does natural ABS print out as "white"?

Re: Does natural ABS print out as "white"?

null@example.com (CraigRK) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:29:54 +0000

elmoret wrote:

Natural ABS is off-white, it will come out the same color as it goes in.
Clear ABS isn't really ABS at all. Here's a nice discussion on it:
http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,150410,216683

Correct, if you want true white, you need to add white colourant. For most purposes natural might be sufficient though. As far as I know most of the people who buy colourant from me use the might to lighten other colours and just use natural for pseudo white printing. But natural is more like a dirty off-white as you will have noted from the pellets.

Re: Does natural ABS print out as "white"?

null@example.com (elmoret) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 04:18:36 +0000

Natural ABS is off-white, it will come out the same color as it goes in.

Clear ABS isn't really ABS at all. Here's a nice discussion on it:

http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,150410,216683

Does natural ABS print out as "white"?

null@example.com (swbluto4gems) — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 04:10:33 +0000

Just wondering. I see natural ABS often referred to as "Clear ABS", but it looks pretty white to me. Does it print out as something white or something not-quite-white? I'm not sure if I need to add this "shimmering white" ABS colorant or not to get regular white ABS filament; I'd rather not if I don't have to.