1 Topic by swbluto4gems (edited by swbluto4gems 2015-10-30 04:11:40)

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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