Just got my shipment of crazy colors.

[Flateric]

Came all the way from Newzeland, really fast actually.

I got Rubber, ABS crystal, Fluro Chameleon (ABS changes from green to yellow with 33c heat), Hot Chameleon (ABS changes from blue to red at 33c), Pacific Blue (ABS, glows in the dark blue), Sunburnt Chameleon (ABS changes from white to purple in the precense of sunlight***Does it ever! The reel goes deep purple FAST!), and finally Starburst (ABS Looks like dark transparent blue with glitter)

In the future a really handy one would be a printable gasket rubber so that you could easily make those difficult gaskets quick and easy, rather than attempting to cut them out with a knife from flat stock. Maybe one day.

[howsTricks]

Where from?

[Flateric]

There are from a place called fantastic plastic.

My impressions so far are.

Crystal ABS - Man this stuff took some figuring, it is really tough. Must be extruded at a min hotend temp of 260c! Once I figured that out (that it is HIPS ABS) it extruded nicely and very smoothly. Great plastic!

Sunburnt Chameleon - Just really cool. changes from white to a deep and dark purple nearly instantly in sunlight (2-3 seconds) and back nearly as fast when removed from sunlight (5-6 seconds). One of my favorites of the bunch. Normal ABS extrusion temps.
Fluro Chameleon - Really neat as well, good coloring, not quite as stunning as the Hot chameleon but still very neato and cool. Normal temps ABS for extrusion.
Hot chameleon - My second favorite of the bunch. Changes from a dark purple to what appears to be a hot red, much like red hot glowing wire would look fresh out of heating. Normal ABS extrusion temps.
Starburst - Basically a blue with sparkles in it. Not really all that remarkable or special. ABS temps again.
Glow in the dark light blue - Doesn't glow very strongly even when removed from sunlight to dark instantly. A little disappointed in it. Normal ABS temps
(Imagin Plastics LTD from Newzeland have the strongest glowing filament I have ever seen, almost glows in the shade, it's green and a PLA filament)
Rubber filament - Have not gotten the chance to use this as of yet, but it is clear that it will not work with bowden type extruders at all. So I have ordered a direct drive microextruder and head for use with this filament only. I will let you know once it arrives and I do some tests.

[Capt Jack]

http://3dprinterfilaments.com/

[626Pilot]

Where are you getting a micro extruder and how are you mounting it?

[Flateric]

I ordered some beta LayBrick filament some time ago, due here any day now. Should be interesting. It is a simulated sandstone/brick filament.

[MDMD]

I'm very interested in seeing how the laybrick performs. Do you have anything special in mind to test it?

[lordbinky]

Are you going to make... Lego style bricks with your faux brick filament?

[Flateric]

Perhaps I'll just sneak up on my printer and try startling it or scaring it so bad that we will see what kind of bricks it produces naturally.

It's here though, have to pick it up at the post office tomorow. Stuff is way on the pricey side however. So I will only try to do the experimental scare the crap thing one or two times with my printer before I start trying to force it to produce the bricks of my choice out of it's constipated wooden and aluminium being.

[lordbinky]

With a texture like sandstone, it cleans as it comes out! *shudders*