3D Print on Fabric test

[cloakfiend 995]

My first experiment with this that i saw on youtube somewhere. My friend asked me to give it a go and this is just some cloned beveled triangles arranged with enough room for flex of the thickness of the mosaic. Annoying to remove but not too bad. Easy to print. Worked first time.

 

[Ghene 24]

wow! that looks good! I haven't had the time to try fabric printing yet as was busy fulfilling orders.

 

[Smithy 1,144]

Looks good, please give us some more details about how to print on fabric. I will try it also next year.

[cloakfiend 995]

Heres the dirty setup. Layer height 0.2 and just wait untill the first layer is done pop on the fabric and stick it down nice and snug but not stretched. Thrn click resume...fun times. Ill pop some step by step pics next time if you like.

[Smithy 1,144]

Amazing 🙂

Have you used a special fabric? I think it must be very thin?

[cloakfiend 995]

Yes its very thin and nothing special so im told, my friend just bought me a bit to experiment with. Its like a net though so you have to have a clean nozzle or else it will get caught up on any dried bit amd ruin the fabric. Its quite strong though which is handy. Im doing a spikey test next! 

 

I think its the same material as a wedding veil. Silk mighy also work but is way more expensive.

Edited December 31, 2018 by cloakfiend

[Smithy 1,144]

I will give it a try soon. Maybe a mosquito net could also work, let's see what I find. But you are right those wedding veils are super thin and maybe the best to print such things on.

[Ghene 24]

35 minutes ago, Smithy said:

Amazing 🙂

Have you used a special fabric? I think it must be very thin?

It looks like he is using Tulle fabric.

 

[cloakfiend 995]

Yes i think thas the name! Tulle

Its lots of fun and so many posibilities, i will try dual colour next and then weirder shapes. And patterns.

Edited December 31, 2018 by cloakfiend

[cloakfiend 995]

i have to say that getting my latest one off the plate resulted in some damage to the fabric, so im gonna have to try the salt method with my next one. the material was not as strong as i thought!

[cloakfiend 995]

The spikey one. Was a bit rough so it looks a bit battered on the edges!

 

[Ghene 24]

that is so cool!. I'm digging out my tulle 🙂

[cloakfiend 995]

Well i wasnt sure if i had applied the salt correctly, as i saw no faint mist or anything just water all over the plate so i just heated it up wiped on a few more gentle strokes and it appears to have worked perfectly! So thanks @geert_2 for that! 

 

Below is another test where i printed a few sectios.one way a few the other and a few more alternating. The trouble is that it just ends up looking like an untidy carpet or something? Anyway pics... sorry for the crappy photos my phone cam is dying. The bottom sparkles in the light though! 

 

 

[geert_2 557]

12 hours ago, cloakfiend said:

Well i wasnt sure if i had applied the salt correctly, as i saw no faint mist or anything just water all over the plate so i just heated it up wiped on a few more gentle strokes and it appears to have worked perfectly! So thanks @geert_2 for that! 

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I am glad it worked well.

 

Normally I apply a few drops of very salt water on the glass (not too much, no flooding), using a pipette, and then I gently wipe it with a paper tissue until dry. It takes only 30 seconds or so.

 

I found the salt method generally works very well for wide and low objects that can be printed in a couple of hours (as typical for my dental models). But it works far less for narrow and high objects like statues that need all day to print: then edges tend to curl up. So if you would ever try it for a high statue, be sure to stay around so you can abort if it should come off. Or apply a brim or Mickey mouse ears to the model.

 

I still don't know the chemical *why* it works, since salt isn't exactly known as a glue. I guess it has to do with increased surface tension due to the salt, but that is only a guess.

 

Concerning printing on fabric: maybe the stuff used for thin white curtains might also work? It is usually quite strong. Not sure what material that is: glass fiber, nylon,...?

[cloakfiend 995]

Unfortunately some colourfabb colours just arent aticking to the salt as others. Dutch orange is king here. Red and blue not quite as good and UM silver is also very good.

[cloakfiend 995]

Well heres my tetris matt v2 fixed the reverse side!

 

One more to go and im going back to sculpts...getting distracted lol.

 

Salt is defo the way to go for this stuff. You just peel it off the plate under some water to be safe and done. Clean and easy! Just print 5degrees hotter for colofabb that doesnt want to stick at 205. So 210. At .2 mm layers.

Edited January 23, 2019 by cloakfiend

[Ghene 24]

whoa! that looks nice.. are you in London? I want to pick your brain 😂

 

[cloakfiend 995]

Yes im in london! Pm me.

 

Next one is pure art.....😊

Edited January 24, 2019 by cloakfiend