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A friend of mine wants me to print some letters for his boat hull
out of ABS the letters will be 3" high, 4 layers thick, 25% fill.
I am going to Acetone vapor bathe them to seal them.
will they hold up to the salt water.
Yes, the ABS will be fine. The colorant may not hold up to the UV light for years.
If you can manage it id print with much higher infill. 25% is pretty weak. I'm preferring 100% more and more these days because the print times really don't go up as much as you might think. Sometimes it's actually faster. A 50% rectilinear piece and a 100% rectilinear piece can differ by as little as 15 minutes.
Especially with 4 layers there is no reason to print those at any less than 100%.
Yes, the ABS will be fine. The colorant may not hold up to the UV light for years.
+1...Biggest issue will be the UV...but at those dimensions you can print a couple sets in no time 
elmoret wrote:Yes, the ABS will be fine. The colorant may not hold up to the UV light for years.
+1...Biggest issue will be the UV...but at those dimensions you can print a couple sets in no time
+1.5 
I have license plates on ATV's that sit in the sun continually and they hold up better than the plastics on the machine as far as UV fade goes.
I Also Agree with jagowilson use 100% infill they will look better and hold up longer.
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