Which Transparent PETG Filament is BEST?

[@Bigpopp1]

I’ve personally had the best results so far with overature petg for this color but also know that higher temperature will also result in better transparency

[@ufoquilter86]

Did you have a link for the filament dryer you are using?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

Hi, I placed it in the comments as well. amzn.to/4jm75Yx

[@ufoquilter86]

@@craftedcatastrophes thanks. Sometimes looking at all the links, I never know which one to click down and I end up clicking on all of them just to forget what I was looking for lol

[@TipsTricksbq]

Good informative video, I learned a lot thanks!

[@Kamikaze3557]

I’ve come to the conclusion that "we" like the …. I , at 67 and "formerly married" found that hilarious, thank you, you made my day….

[@craftedcatastrophes]

The struggle is real. Realizations like this that you make funny, makes this fun for us. BTW, this is Sean. You’re my spirit animal.

[@Gert-DK]

Make/buy (Ikea) a floor to ceiling closet. Put in a room dehumidifier in the bottom. Then you have a big dry storage. I did work at a place where we had the opposite, a room with high humidity, to keep paper in a state where they were useable for machinery.

[@craftedcatastrophes]

Sounds awesome. Contemplating a new room and that may jut happen. We will keep you posted for sure.

[@kobemaui9983]

Interesting

[@wolfgangweller6253]

Thank you very much for sharing your results. May i ask you, do you have any issues with the elegoo cardboard spool in the AMS?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@wolfgangweller6253 we have had zero issues but apparently there a few that say they that particles can clog the AMS. I’m printing a re-spool bit just so we don’t have any issues in the future. I’m a bit skeptical that it can clog or create issues with an AMS due to how slow it rotates but I guess, better off safe than sorry.

[@DargoDog]

Great video! Trying to get as much information as I can on clear filament, I am looking at doing some lighted Halloween decorations, along with some light bezels for my scale RC projects; at work we are using it for making subsea cable molds so we can see the potting material. Everything I have seen says using cardboard in the AMS is not a good idea, have you had any issues with it?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@DargoDog not yet but if there’s a chance to prevent future failures, I’ll print a respooler to put my overture in printed spools.

[@kryptonyte9761]

Great video. Can I ask which plate you use when printing with transparent PETG? Do you also use any glue or preheat your bed beforehand? Thanks team!

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@kryptonyte9761 good day, we have been using the Bambu Lab textured plate with no glue or adhesives. We just use alcohol wipes after every print. Although that might be overkill, we’ve not had any bed she’s job issues. Have a great day.

[@claydavidson13]

Great job guys!!!

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@claydavidson13 it was harder than it looked haha. She’s so hawt. lol.

[@ufoquilter86]

What type of filament do you recommend for the articulated dragons?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

We use Pla basic for the most part. Some of them we use the pla silk dual color and for the crystals we use PETG clear. Bambu lab and overture.

[@pshermantech]

Cool idea with the transparent minerals. Do you use generic filament settings on the printer or have you created custom profiles?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@pshermantech hi. We use custom profiles within Bambu. They’re so helpful to us.

[@pshermantech]

@ that would make a great video!

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@pshermantech thanks for the suggestion. Passing this to the team now.

[@craftedcatastrophes]

Sorry about the repost, we needed to clarify the results.

[@alexanderpopov3587]

In my experience and following ELEGOO's specs, PETG is dried at 70oC, for 12h. I tried at 60oC and it was still showing bad results - brittle, bad layer adhesion, a lot of stringing. Drying at 70oC and fine-tuning the settings (e.g. 30% fan speed, 75% at overhangs) made for a lot better results.

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@alexanderpopov3587 thanks for sharing your experience. Everyone having an issue will find great value in this.

[@jasonbarry3301]

Google “how to print glass”

[@roytyson]

you can't weigh cardboard spools and plastic spools for comparison. Cardboard spools will carry more moisture. The internet needs to get a hold of all these false claims of moisture in cardboard spool filaments.

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@@roytyson so that’s why the Bambu had more?

[@craftedcatastrophes]

Bambu lab is the plastic spool. It had more moisture. It wasn’t the actual weight comparison it was the basic before and after of each we were showing.

[@kevinbaxter5691]

@@craftedcatastrophes The bambu lab spool was also heavier to start with? More filament = more water . I have also found drying the filament at the recommended temp will produce better results as it removes more water that the lower temps miss.

[@craftedcatastrophes]

@ we were comparing the before and after weight to find the amount of moisture removed in each spool. We weren’t comparing the weight itself of one vs the other. It was the difference we compared. The Bambu was 6 grams lighter than its own pre-dry weight… vs 5 grams lighter than its own pre-dry weight of the elegoo.

[@kevinbaxter5691]

@ Correct. What i was trying to get across was the weight of filaments were different Before drying. Also it was not dried according to manufacturer temps. Not trying to Nit Pic at all. Just think people not paying attention shouldn't determine one filament held more water then the other without understanding they were not the same starting weight. Also try drying at the correct temps. I have seen the water removal stall until proper heat was used. A lesson well learned. Keep up the great work!