<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Brittle PLA]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4850/brittle-pla/ Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:12:36 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Brittle PLA]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44159/#p44159 I can confirm that drying the PLA fixes the brittleness problem.

I used food dehydrator. I place the pellets inside with a few color changing silicate packs which are already in the wet state and let it run for ~6 hrs. Once the silicate packs indicated that they are dry I transfer the pellets to a sealed 2 liter bottle for storage.  I have found that using this process produces very nice filament with similar properties to the filament from commercial producers.

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2013 01:12:36 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44159/#p44159 <![CDATA[Re: Brittle PLA]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44133/#p44133 Are you completely predrying the PLA before extruding? Like -40F dewpoint air?

2n2r5 has had good experiences - here's a PLA print of his:

http://2n2r5.com/pictures/printer/show-n-tell/fs_vase_PLA_1.JPG

]]> Thu, 12 Dec 2013 21:12:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/44133/#p44133 <![CDATA[Brittle PLA]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/44132/#p44132 Can anyone out there tell me of their experience printing PLA?  I seem to be getting very brittle filament and I am wondering what others have been experiencing.

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