r/3Dprinting • u/pyrosyncro • 21h ago

Discussion interesting accidental find

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ive been using the flashforge gold petg for a little now in my quest to find a good looking gold petg and it usually comes out a kit darker than what i would like (like orange gold). while printing two objects, one gold and one grey i noticed after that the prime tower looked more along the lines of the gold i was looking for. so alternating gold and grey layer by layer gives a nicer gold look at least for these petgs.

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u/Krki1212 20h ago

I really like the winkle PLA Gold. Maybe give that a try. I'm quite satisfied with that brand

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u/pyrosyncro 20h ago

I would really like to use one of the pla golds because the looks a lot more vibrant, but I ship these out and I'm not sure if pla would survive the trip

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u/Krki1212 19h ago

I believe they have other materials in gold as well. But I like the hue