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Topic: adding colors to the filament?

Im sorry if this has been asked several times already and I failed to use the search tool properly or find a page with an article about this.

I have natural color ABS pellets I'd like to turn into filament when I get my Filastruder+Filawinder shipped.

What do I need to add to the pellets to get colored filament? Powder? Something else? What is it called, where can I get them and is there a page where I can learn from others experiences whats a good mix ratio of pellets and the colorants?

Thank you.

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Re: adding colors to the filament?

You need Masterbatch

Have a look at the "Polymers" sticky at the top of the forum: http://www.soliforum.com/topic/4195/polymer-suppliers/

And the "Colorants" topic: http://www.soliforum.com/topic/2123/col … sterbatch/

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Craig

Masterbatch, ABS and PLA Pellets available for UK and Europe.
http://www.emakershop.com/Seller=1324

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Re: adding colors to the filament?

Thanks.
Any ideas where to get them in Georgia? I dont know how its called in georgian or russian. If it has other uses maybe I could buy it locally in corresponding shop and not have to ship it every time.

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Re: adding colors to the filament?

You need to track down local polymer suppliers.  If you can find a factory that makes plastic injection moulded items they might be able to point you to a supplier.

As you only use 1% of colour, it is not very expensive to ship, especially if you buy a number of basic colours.  This is the reason why I originally chose to include black,white,yellow, red, blue in a selection as you can make most colours by mixing these.

Most commercial suppliers want you to buy a minimum of 1kg or 5kg of each colour which would last you years (unless you are VERY prolific at making filament.

Masterbatch, ABS and PLA Pellets available for UK and Europe.
http://www.emakershop.com/Seller=1324

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