Easy way to skip print time and save pla

Cqrd, 11 months ago

These look so great! What do you do to prime them and clean them up like this?

ekZepp, 11 months ago

Superglue+bakinsoda to close gaps and streight small parts (as the tentacles) > A light sanding > Car primer and wet sanding (standard first then 1200p) > repeat until it looks good enough 👌💫

btw. The lil Cthulu is aroud 3 inches.

lord_alois, 11 months ago

Care to share the link for the Chibi Cthulhu?

ekZepp, 11 months ago

sure: lemmy.world/post/628351

calculuschild, 11 months ago

Wait so what was the trick to save time and filament? Just rotating the part to use fewer supports?

ekZepp, 11 months ago

Exactly🫵

For me skipping 1_2 hour of printing time is a win, and saving a bit of pla is not too bad either. Also, a print complely covered in supports may be quite a pain to clean.

ArchTemperedKoala, 1 year ago

Nice one, I should look into rotating models too.. But once opening the slicer, I just lost patience lol