I bought a huge pile of various ABS from repraper.com and haven't had any trouble and it's soooo cheap. I've never heard any first hand problems myself, only "I've heard from others that they know a person who knows someone that has a friend whom had trouble with it.". But at their price it was worth the risk to me and it very much paid off. 

They have glow in the dark, transparent, thermochromatic, UV reactive, and even electrically conductive!  The gold is more like a weird brown with an odd metallic luster to it and the conductive has an almost uselessly high resistance.

Also: When it comes to mods there are two must haves in my opinion: Lawsy's MK3 or MK4 minimalist extruder and glass with hairspray print surface. The stock extruder is so delicate and kapton is a jerk.

When you say "worth the risk" what do you mean? The risk to the printer, or the risk that it simply won't print correctly and you'll have to go back to ABS plastic that Solidoodle has said works according to their standards?

They have glow in the dark, transparent, thermochromatic, UV reactive, and even electrically conductive!  The gold is more like a weird brown with an odd metallic luster to it and the conductive has an almost uselessly high resistance.

Also: When it comes to mods there are two must haves in my opinion: Lawsy's MK3 or MK4 minimalist extruder and glass with hairspray print surface. The stock extruder is so delicate and kapton is a jerk.

Rocketman wrote:

kkciampa wrote:

One of the best! Never an issue with any of their stuff.

Never an issue with Octave, or Solidoodle?

Can anyone suggest a good place to go for transparent ABS and metalic colored ABS? Not just an orange/yellow color, but something that will look silver or gold if I were to print a trophy or something. lol.

I would just paint the finished print with metal looking paints as it would look better or electroplate it if you want a real metal look, the metallic filaments to me just don't look very good anyway.

What type of paints work on ABS plastic. I tried painting a white model green with acrylic paint and it really didn't stick well.

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Who's we, and what website are we talking about? I'd like other people's opinion on any product I consider buying.

kkciampa wrote:

One of the best! Never an issue with any of their stuff.

Never an issue with Octave, or Solidoodle?

Can anyone suggest a good place to go for transparent ABS and metalic colored ABS? Not just an orange/yellow color, but something that will look silver or gold if I were to print a trophy or something. lol.

I would just paint the finished print with metal looking paints as it would look better or electroplate it if you want a real metal look, the metallic filaments to me just don't look very good anyway.

One of the best! Never an issue with any of their stuff.

Never an issue with Octave, or Solidoodle?

Can anyone suggest a good place to go for transparent ABS and metalic colored ABS? Not just an orange/yellow color, but something that will look silver or gold if I were to print a trophy or something. lol.

http://www.octave.com/3D-Printer-Filame … index.html

Is octave.com a good place to order? I have a particular interest in more exotic plastics such as metalic colors with luster, transparent colors, and this glow-in-the-dark ABS octave has. Any suggestions?