An example of why print speed matters...
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:28 pm
I love matte finishes on my black parts. The SeeMeCNC PLA filament imparts a beautiful matte finish - IF you print it the correctly. Take a look at this:
These were printed with identical conditions EXCEPT the perimeter speed. The glossy black part's perimeter was printed at 20 mm/s the matte black part was printed at 50 mm/s.
Think about that, simply speeding up the perimeter print speed resulted in a completely different finish on the part. This is generally true of most PLAs I've printed, they "gloss up" when printed slowly. Dark, opaque colors (especially black) are more pronounced.
These were printed with identical conditions EXCEPT the perimeter speed. The glossy black part's perimeter was printed at 20 mm/s the matte black part was printed at 50 mm/s.
Think about that, simply speeding up the perimeter print speed resulted in a completely different finish on the part. This is generally true of most PLAs I've printed, they "gloss up" when printed slowly. Dark, opaque colors (especially black) are more pronounced.