I have spent the past 2 weeks playing with Filamentive exotic Carbon Fiber and Woodfil filaments and I wanted to share my results on here. I want to talk about their Carbon Fiber filament because I have had a few questions on some of the prints I have posted on social media, more specially the CF skull that I polished.
To get the shine I have found with finishing prints is a good base setting, these are very close to the Filamentive recommended settings.
Nozzle: 210c
Bed: 50c
Print Speed: 55mm/s
Nozzle Diameter: .5 brass
Layer Resolution: 200 microns
For finishing I used a range of sandpaper from 150 grit to knock down the 200 micron layer height up to 2000 grit wet and dry to buff out all the scratches from the sandpaper grits in between. When you get to 2000 grit you should start to have a nice shine. From there I applied about 10 thin coats of polyurethane and roughed out the surface in between with 1000 grit sandpaper. After I was satisfied with the polyurethane I decided to use what I had laying out and use Nu Finish car polish to polish the final product.
I have posted a video on youtube
Here is the print unfinished of the bed and finished with polish
If you have a feedback or questions, please let me know!
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Awesome!
Looks great. What printer/software did you use?
Robo3d R1+ Plus with Simplify3d. I used manual supports just to make sure the eye sockets turn out perfect.
Looks great. I’ve been debating getting simplify3d for that reason. I use slic3r now and can’t seem to get my supports to come out smoothly
I have used a few different slicers before I bite the bullet and bought Simplify3d and I honestly wish I bought it sooner. I really have no complaints. I would recommend purchasing.
