I’m relatively new to 3D printing, and I’ve been modeling and printing some earrings.
I’m using Bambu Lab PLA Silk filament, so the expectation is that it’ll turn out smooth and shiny, but although the model looks fine when it’s sliced in BambuStudio, the top surface is very blotchy when it’s printed. I’d like to get rid of the blotches and uneven surfaces (I added an image circling the problematic parts) so you can see the printing artifacts as little as possible.
Here’s an album of pictures of my results: 3D Printed Earring Images - Album on Imgur
I’ve tweaked the settings repeatedly, but without much success. I started taking notes with the most recent three prints I did (the ones with the red-orange background layers) and put those in the first image.
I’ve had a similar but less egregious issue with a swatch we printed to have a reference for the color. (It’s PLA Silk Gold instead of PLA Silk Silver, but it’s still Silk.) The smooth surfaces look fine, but the text on the chip is blotchy in the same way as the earrings. The swatches in the other non-silk colors are way less blotchy; it’s far more visible in the silk.
The models are very small - only about 3 cm across; is it simply unreasonable to expect better results with a design this complicated and/or this small?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
- Model of your printer: Bambu Lab P1S (P1P with the P1S upgrade kit installed)
- Print material: BambuLab PLA Silk (Silver)
- Slicer: Bambu Studio 1.8.4.51
- Slicer settings: See first image
- Nozzle and bed temperatures: Nozzle 220C for base layers, nozzle 230C for silk layers, bed 55C
- Print speed: Shown in spreadsheet image, but set MUCH lower than default
- Firmware: Bambu Lab P1P 01.05.02.00
- Retraction settings: I’m sorry, I don’t know where to find these