PLA Transparent

[johnny_verhoeven 1]

Hi, I tried some transparent PLA

(https://www.ultimaker.com/products/pla-transparent). The print out is some mike like white. I wonder is that what it should be. In my book transparent is what I can see through. Am I doing something wrong ?

Johnny

 

[IRobertI 521]

Yes that's normal unfortunately. It's the same effect that happens if you take sandpaper and scuff up the surface of a piece of clear plastic. The hundreds of tiny layers are essentially a lot of uniform scratches. If you print with thicker layers the effect becomes less visible but you are not going to get it to look absolutely clear.

 

[Nicolinux 288]

It gets even weirder. I tried to print something transparent too and the transparency changed mid-print. Check out the weird spikes on the first image.

 

So it might not only be the material's fault.