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pelgrim 5 days, 20 hours ago.
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I made this business card holder for a friend’s company that makes plush monster toys. I printed it in ABS and smoothed it with acetone/sanding/paint. The eyes are manufactured.
I had a lot of failed prints with the ABS not sticking to the bed but I eventually got something usable.
It looks amazing with the cleanup you’ve done. Did you print with different ABS colored filaments or did you use acrylic paint after for the brown, black, and white?
Manifesting ideas is still difficult, but at least we're one step closer...Thanks @robyneil. It was all printed with the green ABS that came with my Robox. I haven’t purchased any new filament yet. I used sandable primer and lacquer spray paint.
Fantastic, any tips for painting?
Making and repairing in a shed at the bottom of the garden - www.workshopshed.comthats ace
smittyThanks, @smitty!
@workshopshed, the paint job was pretty straight forward. I acetone vapor smoothed the parts (the head and teeth were printed separately), which got it most of the way there, then lightly sanded and primed. Then wet sand and re-prime a few times until all the tiny gaps and imperfections were filled. The primer dries really fast so that part didn’t take long.
I used lacquer in rattle cans for the color. A couple coats for each piece, and let it dry overnight otherwise you will leave fingerprints and have to repaint (which I did). Glued it all together and clear lacquer gloss coated it. I used plastic weld epoxy which likes to melt the lacquer so I had to be really careful while gluing.
Hopefully this info is helpful!
Cool, what is “sandable primer” and where do you get it from?
Making and repairing in a shed at the bottom of the garden - www.workshopshed.com@workshopshed, It’s typically automotive primer for car paint repairs. I got mine in the automotive section of a department store but you should be able to get it at any auto supply shop or Amazon. It’s also called filler primer.
Cheers Guy, I’ve a nice little local car shop just at the end of my road, I’m sure he’ll have something. He’s used to my strange questions unlike the guy at the fishing shop next door who gave me a dirty look when I told him I wanted to store welding rods in a float case.
Making and repairing in a shed at the bottom of the garden - www.workshopshed.com@pongoloid
I would be very interested to see a demonstration of what you do to finish your prints, step by step, on a youtube film.
It seems a lot of us would benefit from your knowledge and experience.java (EE), JavaFX, HTML, GIS) programmer, database wizard, framework inventor, looking for a job ! http://roboxing.com/wizards@pelgrim, I probably won’t go as far as making a youtube video, but for now I can provide links to videos that I learned from.
Cold acetone vapor smoothing (really easy and works great)
Priming and painting ABS plastic
That acetone trick looks amazing - not one to try in the house though - I’d have to do it on my man-shed!
Steve N | Creator of things both virtual and physical
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