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eSUN’s eSilk PLA Filament uses a polyester-like additive to offer a silky smooth, glossy & almost soft-to-the-touch colourful rainbow finish.
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Please Note: eSun has recently changed their filament spool material. You may receive a cardboard spool, instead of the plastic spools depicted above. This move means a more environmentally friendly design to their 3D filament spools which comfortably sit on your 3D printer's standard spool holder for smooth filament feeding.
If you enjoy experimenting with new polymers and colours in your 3D Printing adventures, but aren’t eager to learn a whole new set of printing specifications for different types of plastic, eSUN’s eSilk PLA Filament is an exciting addition to our filaments that may certainly pique your interest. Designed with the easy-printing base polymer of PLA, and enhanced with polyester-like additives eSUN’s eSilk filament offers very cool aesthetics features while still maintaining the great properties that make PLA so easy to print with.
While it’s quite obvious to most 3D Makers that eSUN eSilk is a damn awesome filament, eSUN knows exactly how to step up on it by taking all of the best colours and adding them all into a single, colourful and excitingly vibrant spool. This is typically known as Rainbow Filament, and when complemented with the beautiful sheen and smooth surface appearance of eSUN eSilk Filaments, adds a whole new dimension of fun to the aesthetics, allowing you to enjoy some of the cool benefits of multi-hotend or multicolour 3D Printing, as the spool changes colour every few meters with a smooth blend between each of the colours on the spool. So, while 3D Printing with Silky Filaments is certainly an awesome way to create funky and vibrant prints, if you want to step up the funkiness even further, there’s no better way to do it than with eSUN eSilk Rainbow Filament.
When talking about Silky PLA, the best features are quite subjective, and will depend on what your favourite factors are. However, the first and obvious amazing feature of Silky PLA is that the prints produced with this filament immediately look a lot nicer than standard PLA prints before any post-processing is done. In addition to this, Silky PLA also offers some unique benefits that many people don’t yet know about, and these include the following three distinct advantages that we’d like to tell you about:
Of course, as with any 3D Filaments or other materials from other industries, there are also negative factors for Silk PLA, although the only real noteworthy negative factor is that Silk PLA has a lower temperature resistance than standard PLA. This means that Silk PLA is likely to start sagging and eventually melting when left in hot or sunny environments, although this factor is somewhat negligible since even standard PLA will do the same, but may just a slightly longer time to do so.
Please Note: The colours that appear on rainbow filaments are pseudo randomised, and as such we can’t guarantee the exact colours or the order of colours that will appear on your spool. However, after opening and “testing” many of these spools (we’ve got a fond spot for rainbow filaments) we’ve thoroughly enjoyed each and every one and the unique colour combinations they’ve each provided.
eSUN Rainbow eSilk PLA Filament - Technical Specifications: |
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– PLA |
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– Polyester-like Material |
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– 1.75mm |
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– 1.21 |
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– 50 |
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– 4.8 (190℃/2.16kg) |
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– 52 |
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– 14.4 |
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– 65 |
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– 1447 |
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– 5.86 |
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– 1kg |
eSUN eSilk Rainbow PLA Filament - Suggested Print Settings: |
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– 190 to 210 |
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– No Heat / 45 to 60 |
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– 40 to 100 |
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– Standard: 0.4mm |
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– Not Necessary |
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– 100% |
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– Masking paper, PVP solid glue, PEI |
As many experienced 3D Makers will know, PLA has gained global popularity due to its ease-of-use and relatively easy-to-achieve printing parameters. In fact, there are very few 3D Printers in the world that are unable to print PLA, with the exceptions being the highly specialised metal 3D Printers and similar massive setups that extend into the hundreds of thousands of Rands. This is why so many 3D Makers get excited with Silky PLA Filaments, as they are in fact even easier to print than standard PLA Filaments, while also offering what is arguably an even better surface finish as well as colour consistency from spool to print.
However, even though it is very easy to print with compared to many of the other polymers, there are still some handy tips to help you get to a good level of quality from your PLA Prints, and this is why we’ve taken the time to provide what we feel are the Top Three Tips for 3D Printing with Silky PLA:
Although we like to believe that we are masters of 3D Printing, after spending a good many years enveloped in the industry, we have to admit that even we learn something new from time to time, and as such we always recommend getting out there and doing your own research to develop your own opinion and grow your knowledge from multiple sources!
As such, in addition to the above PLA Printing Tips, we’ve also gathered an awesome collection of what we feel are great resources to start with when getting into 3D Printing, so be sure to check these out if you’re looking for more insights and information on PLA Printing, or if you’re just curious and eager to see more opinions on one of the many facets of this still-fresh industry:
Colour | Rainbow |
Special | Silky |
Plastic Type | PLA |
Plastic Diameter | 1.75mm |
Plastic Weight | 1kg |
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Shenzhen eSUN Industrial Co., Ltd was established in 2002 in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and has rapidly become one of the leading international suppliers of 3D Printing Filament. They specialise in research, development and production of degradable polymer materials, and have grown their catalogue of filaments to include PLA, ABS, PC, PVA, and a wide range of other polymers and copolymers.
Their list of exclusive filament formulas include unique materials like wood, aluminium, bronze and other materials to create highly specialised filaments that can stretch, bend, be moulded or otherwise behave in very unique ways. Their filaments are also commonly characterised by their absolutely round shape, extremely low diameter tolerance, uniform colours and impressively stable melting points. These characteristics, in combination with their long-term insistent policy of “Best Quality, Reasonable Price” has garnered them a large share of the market, with their reputation commonly preceding them within knowledgeable online and offline 3D Printing communities.
eSUN’s popularity in the industry has also helped to produce sustainable partnerships with many internationally famous 3D Printer manufacturers and distributors, with DIYElectronics having sole distributorship rights to provide their 3D Printing Filaments to South Africa and neighbouring African countries.