<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Electroless Gold/Silver/Copper for 3D prints]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/13289/electroless-goldsilvercopper-for-3d-prints/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 01:35:13 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Electroless Gold/Silver/Copper for 3D prints]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/113272/#p113272 You might have some luck running in a tumbler with brass screws.  The part will get smoothed, and coated in brass dust.  It would need to have some kind of clear finish applied to trap the dust.

]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 01:35:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/113272/#p113272 <![CDATA[Re: Electroless Gold/Silver/Copper for 3D prints]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/113252/#p113252 As far as I know without doing electroplating the best you can do is paint.

You can also go to protopasta.com and try their steel, bronze, and a few other metal flake impregnated PLA filaments. They can be finished and buffed to the metal finish you desire.

]]> Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:51:12 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/113252/#p113252 <![CDATA[Electroless Gold/Silver/Copper for 3D prints]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/113251/#p113251 Good afternoon folks.   

I would like to know how to electrolessly coat gold, silver and copper 3D prints in ABS. I would like to do this at home without spending a fortune. I am a DIY type of guy and would love to learn any tricks to do so.

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