thecooltool

I am printing silk for the first time. Did a test with a cylinder a few times and thought i had the temp right for 45mm feed. I printed parts for 9 hours only to find that they still break at layers very easily. I am currently printing some small parts (1 hour) at 30mm feed and 205 temp. Anything over 210 and the silk loses its sheen. (YOUSU Pearlessence blue). I'll post back how this last run works out. Edit 1: 205 @ 30mm is still not providing good layer adhesion. Trying 210 @ 30 feed bed is at 45. Edit 2: 210 @ 30 was no better. Trying 195 @ 40 with 0.16 Z step. Edit 3: 195 @ 40 @ 0.16 is worse. Sheen is great. I do not think there is a way of making this better with this brand of filament. It is a close color match to the BLV rail kit I installed and was planning on reprinting the cable chain and other items I added using this silk. As it is.. I wont waste my time. The cable chains wont make it trough assembly. Sorry folks.. I tried.