Recently did a test print with Creality Pla-wood. The smell during the print is amazing, I’m kind of hooked. I printed something flat, was easy to sand and stain looks incredible, 100% looks like wood. It’s been 48h and no matter how much I wipe the thing it’s still tacky / leaves a little residue on my hands. Do I just need to wait longer? Is this normal? Is it OK to clearcoat before absolutely bone dry / residue free?

What about sanding more complex structures? Do I need to get a sand blaster for this? Is there a dremel brush I could use?

  • tpihkal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 年前

    What type of stain did you use? I imagine it makes a difference considering the part is plastic.

      • tpihkal@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 年前

        I found this Reddit post after a Google search.

        I think you went too much on the stain from the get go. I’m finding I have to be patient between coats on all my PLA prints.

        • imgonnatrythis@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          1 年前

          Yeah, probably needs much thinner coat than what I’m used to using on real wood. The velocity painting idea is neat. Might need to try that sometime. I am using image to stl conversion on this profect to create a shallow negative volume that after staining looks very much like a woodburner etching. I almost wonder if I could apply a wood grain to the print itself by having just a 0.10mm offset of a wood grain stl applied to the surface.