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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 week agoIs ABS problematic in sun? I wouldn’t think it was, since it’s been used for decades in the automotive world on exposed stuff (I have a 90’s motorcycle with a fair bit of exposed ABS and it’s surprisingly fine).
Maybe the auto world has additives for stability?
jonesy@aussie.zone 1 week ago
ABS generally requires additional additives for UV resistance, and plain ABS will degrade relatively quickly in full sun.
There’s a section in this study on the change in mechanical properties of ABS resins in simulated weather environments …wide-net.org/…/abs-yellowing-etc-CIB9222.pdf