Forest Fantasy Green HTPLA 1.75mm 500gms 3D printing filament Proto-pasta
£32.00 £38.40 inc. VAT £28.80 £34.56 inc. VAT
An Organic Green HTPLA from Proto-pasta of the USA.
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Description
Don’t leaf without Forest Fantasy!
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- A one-of-a-kind variegated filament inspired by our enchanting forests
- Translucent green from blue to yellow with a touch of silver glitter
- An Endless Pastabilities filament in celebration of Earth Day 2021
- Results will vary as every color color transition and spool is unique
- Designed & produced by Protoplant, makers of Protopasta
Created from our highest quality HTPLA, if there is one universe colour to print with, this is it!
Print with the ease of standard PLA with standard hardware and temperatures, but make fun, mesmerising prints that stand out. Celebrate good times by printing toys, treasures, and keepsakes. If you want to make a print more fun, just add some metallic pop! Our metallic finish contains no actual metal and has little risk of clogging or wearing your nozzle, and it won’t make a glitter mess, but beware the printing is sure to be addictive!
Metallic particles are relatively small but have some orientation effects, giving top/bottom surfaces more shine than sidewall, so have some fun playing with orientation to see how the result changes! We recommend 0.2 mm layers for the best result.
Like our other HTPLAs, Metallic HTPLA can be “Heat Treated” to increase crystallinity for “Higher Temperature” resistance compared to amorphous PLA, ABS, and co-polyesters like PETG! Glitter Flake HTPLA prints translucence, but turns opaque when heat treated (or crystallised). With a more crystalline structure, heat treated HTPLA parts can hold form to near melting, though temperatures where the material is practically useful vary greatly depending on geometry and load conditions!
For this improved the performance, your prints should be baked in an oven until you see a change from translucent to opaque with reduced gloss. This visual change indicating the improved performance! We’ve seen the change take place in 5-10 minutes on thin walled parts but can take an hour or more. We’ve had good luck in a quality, at home convection oven at 110C (225F). Parts will get very “floppy” before becoming more firm, so please leave supports on your parts or support them and bake them on a flat, non-radiating surface (like glass, ceramic, or composite).
- Available in 1.75 & 2.85 (3) mm diameter on a 500g diameter recyclable cardboard spool
- Usable on most PLA-compatible printers, such as Lulzbot, Makerbot, FlashForge, Dremel, Ultimaker, Printrbot, and more!
No abrasive fillers so expect normal wear with standard nozzles.
In our experience, good results were achieved using standard PLA parameters ranging from 195-225C nozzle with standard build surface preparation (blue tape, glue stick, Lokbuild or PrintBite). No heated bed required but up to 60C is okay. Beware, if the bed temperature is too high, your part base could actually heat treat while printing, increasing warping and decreasing adhesion. Some shrinkage will occur in the heat treating process, so dimension critical parts may need to be scaled appropriately (as much as 2.5% in our experience).
Check out Proto-pasta’s blog here and some handy how-to guides here
Additional information
Weight | 0.5 kg |
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Dimensions | 200 × 200 × 55 mm |
Filament Brand | proto-pasta |
Filament Colour | Green, Multicolour |
Filament Diameter | 1.75mm |
Filament Type | PLA |
Filament Weight | 500gms |
Filament Weight | 500gms |
Filament Range | Proto-pasta HTPLA |
Filament Properties | High Strength |
Jason A. –
High quality filament with a beautiful finish.
The colour of the filament is amazing, a mix of greens and translucent green with flecks of glitter – print quality was amazing too! I would highly recommend, I want to try the blue now! Thanks for the filament sample too – the purple is one I’ve not used! Thanks so much! Jason.
Andy McFarland –
Lovely stuff
This prints very well and the colours look great. The “glitter” is a fairly gentle surface sparkle. It makes me want to try other Proto-Pasta filaments.