Make your own ABS colour masterbatch for filament extrusion.
Mix 5 ml ( teaspoon) colour pigment (colourant) with 200 ml acetone. The pigment available in hardware shops for colouring of paint. [attachment 20137 pigment.jpg] Add same amount of plastic pellets...
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Your colors look great. I was thinking you would need a higher percentage of color pellets to get such vibrant colors, good to know it is only 2-5 % ratio. thanx
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How does the filament turn out? Is it still flexible, not brittle? If you get the pigment sheet thin enough, I wonder if it could go through a paper shredder. How many grams of pellets goes into that?...
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IanJohnson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How does the filament turn out? Is it still > flexible, not brittle? No, not brittle at all. The same as the natural...
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Have you run this through a printer yet? I'd be curious to know how well it goes through the hotend and what the finish and strength of the parts printer with it are. Definitely an interesting concept...
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Quotepourcirm Have you run this through a printer yet? I'd be curious to know how well it goes through the hotend and what the finish and strength of the parts printer with it are. Yes, on a daily...
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this is awesome... I recently put together my filament extruder and was looking for sources for pigments. Can you please share the source of your color pigments?
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Bought the pigment at my local hardware shop in the paint department.
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thank you. there is so much out there. Did you have any recommendation on names or brands of the pigments? Which work well and which do not. Sorry for the niave question, but what should I be looking...
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How much time does it take to fully dissolve that 200ml ABS pellets in that 200ml acetone?
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I've been doing something similar. I use acteone and some ethyl acetate as the solvent. I do about 100g of ABS and 150 grams of Acteone and stir it up with a wooden popsicle stick. I stir it up a few...
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I took a crack at it, and here are my results : http://www.soliforum.com/post/76437/#p76437
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QuoteMileHigh3dII I've been doing something similar. I use acteone and some ethyl acetate as the solvent. I do about 100g of ABS and 150 grams of Acteone and stir it up with a wooden popsicle stick. I...
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