Beginner’s Guide to Painting 3D Prints (PLA & ABS)

Beginner’s Guide to Painting 3D Prints (PLA & ABS)

Written by David

October 15, 2019

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3D models can be great in their natural form, but sometimes you need to spice things up. Explore this detailed guide to painting 3D prints to learn more!

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Since your final prints are hardly ever showroom-ready, you sometimes need to rely on a little post-processing to take a model the final mile. In this guide, we cover the basics of painting PLA and ABS 3D prints, from smoothing to the actual painting process, while providing some helpful tips in between.

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Here, we opt for spray painting over the use of a brush or airbrush because it’s less laborious and fairly affordable, as is explained later. Spray paint is both affordable and easy to use. (Source: 3dwithus.com) Paints can fall into various categories based on their solvent. The most common ones are oils, enamels, lacquers, and acrylics, […]

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