Dishwasher and PLA create art
Dishwasher and PLA create art
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RIP
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Rest in pieces
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Remains Involving Plastic
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How's PLA for exposure to occasional moisture? I was thinking of printing a holder for a shaving stick.
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The couole year old Hydroplanters with dirt, dont care. Still hold water and look good. Are about 3-5 years old.
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Occasional moisture is fine, but don't let it collect sitting water.
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Why are you dishwashing it?
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The Corners startet to grow mold...
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Place it in hot water and it should return close to its original shape.
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Yeah, my major qualm about 3D printing is that all of the plastics I would like to use are higher heat than any entry level printers.
PETG works fine in the dishwasher and works on any standard printer.
Depends on your dishwasher. Even in top rack after a couple of washes PETG it warped for me on standard wash. If you run a dry cycle or sterilization cycle on your dishwasher forget it. If its anything precise (I printed a lid with threads) a single standard wash is enough to ruin precision with subtle warping. Also the dishwasher can introduce moisture into gaps created by printing that can grow mold or bacteria. I think we would all love better options for dishwashable printed materials, but I would argue PETG is not really it.
PETG is a good argument against my statement, but it still prints at a temperature between 220 and 260 C. PLA prints at 180 to 220 C.
PETG is a higher temperature plastic than PLA, and a lot of cheap (below $200) printers don't work well with it.
Centauri Carbon might be worth a look into then - it can print fairly high temperature filaments.
Maybe you can get into aluminum extrusion
https://www.extrudr.com/shop-eu/products/greentec/?variant=UHJvZHVjdFZhcmlhbnQ6MTczNQ%3D%3D
Somewhat expensive but pretty temperature resistant.
PETG is pretty easy to print and has a higher temp resistance than PLA