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filament for use in Diesel fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:35 am
by duvdev
Hello,

I am looking for a filament to use in Diesel - so the printed model will be inside a tank with Diesel
will nylon work? brdge nylon it any other nylon?

thanks

Re: filament for use in Diesel fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:46 pm
by McSlappy
I'm not sure that Nylon is the best, just because it absorbs liquid. Test PLA, which surprisingly is rather chemically resistant.

Aside from all of this I'm not sure I'd put any 3d print into a fuel tank unless I 100% knew that it wouldn't break down at all. I'm sure this is what you're already thinking :)

Re: filament for use in Diesel fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:53 pm
by JFettig
Random google search netted this neat tool:
http://www.coleparmer.com/Chemical-Resistance

more good info with all the biodiesel: http://www.biodiesel.org/docs/ffs-perfo ... f?sfvrsn=4

Out of curiosity - what are you printing that goes into diesel fuel? whats the application? I'm a TDI guy myself, I have 3, one making around 4x stock power :D

Re: filament for use in Diesel fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:03 pm
by KAS
I so read that first sentence and and wanted it so badly to be a spool of PLA powering a diesel....

Re: filament for use in Diesel fuel

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:29 pm
by JFettig
KAS wrote:I so read that first sentence and and wanted it so badly to be a spool of PLA powering a diesel....
sounds worse than biodiesel :lol: