Printing with Bronzefill:
Bronzefill is an thrilling new filament for desktop 3D printers. Made with actual bronze powder and colorfabb’s PLA/PHA , Bronzefill affords a singular end and weight to printed components. Observe our suggestions and you’ll have shiny, easy components that feel and look like actual bronze.
Printing suggestions:
1) Although consisting of roughly 80% bronze powder, Bronzefill prints very equally to common PLA. Colorfabb has a listed temperature vary of 195 – 220C. We discovered it printed very effectively at 215C.
2) Like with PLA, a layer cooling fan is extremely beneficial – particularly for smaller components. Bronzefill retains warmth throughout printing and might get mushy/sloppy on smaller prints or high-quality options. A layer fan will assist decrease this and offer you clear, easy prints.
3) We printed on naked glass, kapton tape, and on blue painter’s tape. When printing on naked glass or kapton, we heated our mattress to 60C. This labored pretty effectively, however we did expertise some minor lifting on a number of of our components with smaller footprints. Blue painter’s tape – with no warmth – produced the most effective outcomes. It adheres very effectively to the bronzefill and leaves a easy, matte end.
4) Bronzefill prints effectively with all of the nozzle sizes we tried – .25mm – .8mm. We obtained glorious outcomes on single-walled prints with .8mm nozzles. Bear in mind, as with all filaments, the bigger the nozzle, the slower it’s good to print.
Unfinished, Bronzefill has a textured, matte end that appears a bit like dried clay. It sands very simply. We had nice success beginning with 220 grit sandpaper. The floor sands to a really easy end with little effort.
To attain a elegant, shiny end, begin with 220g sandpaper and improve to 600-800 grit till desired floor end is achieved. As soon as smoothed, use a bronze or copper polish – we like Brasso – and polish.
Over time, your Bronzefill components will start to develop a patina with a greenish tint – identical to actual bronze. You may re-polish to revive the colour/take away the patina, or let it go to realize an vintage look to your printed components.
A Bronzefill Printed Vase. The highest and backside of the vase have been sanded. The center part was sanded and polished.
