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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 4 weeks ago I used acetone to chemically-polish a PLA part this very afternoon. But if you say so 🙂
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
You might get some minor surface reaction, but you’re sure as hell not able to dissolve PLA in acetone. Leaving a part printed of PLA in acetone will not turn it in to goo like it does with ABS/ASA.
Why don’t you try it before saying that?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Man, you really like to double down on wrong.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
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I set this up a good 25min ago, let’s see what happens. It’s polymaker polyterra PLA, 3 walls, 15% gyroid infill and some fuzzy skin with default parameters from orca slicer.
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So far all I have is very slight color leeching out, but nothing has dissolved so far. I’ll let it run for a few days and keep you updated.
This is Prusament PLA dissolving in acetone in seconds:
Prusament PLA dissolving in acetone in seconds
I’ll come back to it in 30 minutes and it’ll be a messy soggy half-dissolved thing. And it’ll be fully gone within the hour.