"White" vs "Natural" abs filament

[Cymon]

A recent dual extruded print revealed something interesting to me. Natural ABS is a little transparent, resulting in the black being too dark and showing through on layers. Any other color either hides the imperfections or doesn't seem to stick as badly, but black and natural is a nope. So now I'm wondering if "white" (not natural) or stone colored ABS would work better to hide the imperfections of the dual printing process.

Does anyone have the white (not natural) ABS already and would be willing to try printing http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31960 with black and white (not natural) ABS and let me know if it comes out nasty so I don't end up wasting my money on a roll of filament I don't need. If it does work, does anyone want to buy half a roll of natural ABS for cheap?

[Joseph Chiu]

Cymon, how many ounces of white do you need?  I have a roll here -- I can send you a couple meters if you just pay for postage -- I bought various filament samples (I'm considering becoming a distributor), so I have more than I immediately need.

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Cymon <joeal...@gmail.com> wrote:

A recent dual extruded print revealed something interesting to me. Natural ABS is a little transparent, resulting in the black being too dark and showing through on layers. Any other color either hides the imperfections or doesn't seem to stick as badly, but black and natural is a nope. So now I'm wondering if "white" (not natural) or stone colored ABS would work better to hide the imperfections of the dual printing process.

Does anyone have the white (not natural) ABS already and would be willing to try printing http://www.thigiverse.com/thing:31960 with black and white (not natural) ABS and let me know if it comes out nasty so I don't end up wasting my money on a roll of filament I don't need. If it does work, does anyone want to buy half a roll of natural ABS for cheap?

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[Kurt Wendt]

Joseph - just curious. I know we met at the Faire - but, I didn't remember. Did U say U R from the NYC area???

 

-K-

[Cymon]

Joseph (Heh, my name's actually Joseph too, so I was confused by Kurt's response) A couple of ounces would be fine I think. The final print is less than an ounce, but I'd like to have a couple to experiment with. joealarson at gmail is my e-mail address.

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 1:37:44 PM UTC-6, Joseph Chiu wrote:

Cymon, how many ounces of white do you need?  I have a roll here -- I can send you a couple meters if you just pay for postage -- I bought various filament samples (I'm considering becoming a distributor), so I have more than I immediately need.

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Cymon wrote:

A recent dual extruded print revealed something interesting to me. Natural ABS is a little transparent, resulting in the black being too dark and showing through on layers. Any other color either hides the imperfections or doesn't seem to stick as badly, but black and natural is a nope. So now I'm wondering if "white" (not natural) or stone colored ABS would work better to hide the imperfections of the dual printing process.

Does anyone have the white (not natural) ABS already and would be willing to try printing http://www.thigiverse.com/thing:31960 with black and white (not natural) ABS and let me know if it comes out nasty so I don't end up wasting my money on a roll of filament I don't need. If it does work, does anyone want to buy half a roll of natural ABS for cheap?

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[Joseph Chiu]

Nope. I am in sunny Southern California!  Filament stays reasonably dry most of the year! :)