Does any BBL gold filament look like golden?
Or do the golden filaments look like other suppliers look
like “mustard”?
Any good recommendations - like to print some christmas stuff…
it all looks like…gold. I’ve used most of it. If you want something for xmas then the glitter one, whatever it’s called is a good choice.
Last year they did a bundle at christmas, red green gold and white.
Great question.
I have BL PLA Basic Gold, it is certainly not gold-looking, just a yellow and beige blend sort of thing.
Silks are usually better because they are shiny and metals get their colour from how the light affects the surface.
I do not have any BL silks though.
As with bronze, perceptions of what is and what isn’t are in the eye of the beholder, a look at the rest of the filament companies shows you that golf can be light, dark or somewhere in the Goldilocks spot.
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In my experience, if you what a shiny/reflective gold, you need to look for silk gold. All the others I have tried where more like the “mustard” you mentioned. But, if you want it shiny, try silk!
@MalcTheOracle Bronze looks very nice.
@johnfcooley Maybe I will wait for a bundle.
I bought one spool each from sunlu and esun which does not look like gold at all.
I will try the BBL silk gold filament.
Thank you.
If you mean the BL PLA Basic Bronze, then yes, it does look nice.
However, it is not an actual bronze, it is closer to an army green. It does not match the advertised swatch from the BL PLA Basic page.
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Unless you’re using a color standard such CIE 1931 or Pantone, the discussion around what “defines” color is highly subjective.
Well, is this gold? Or is it gold? You be the judge.
Having said that, the above photo is a test print cylinder primitive from Bambi PLA Silk Gold. It is among the worst filaments I’ve had the displeasure of using. I keep my partial spool around as a science experiment when I am trying out new calibration methods. The image on the left is the out-of-box experience with so-call “factory fresh dry” filament. The one on the right is after drying. And who says PLA doesn’t need drying?
It should also be noted that many reports can be found here regarding Bambu Silk and Bambu matte where their filaments leave behind a strong contaminant on PEI build plates that is very stubborn to get off. So use at you’re own risk. I’ve had better luck with “anything else but Bambu Silk and Matte”.
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@Olias It looks like I have to read more, as I don’t like to pile up filaments that have
“no” use. At least on the right the appearance would be fine and would be what I define as gold appearance.
I do not work as professional 3D- printer it is just a hobby. I do not care about and color system, except the monitor which is calibrated.
Thank you for your reply.
I printed the other day with BL PLA silk gold which looks pretty good …
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I am using a lot of BL PLA mate and so far did not have any issues with it (mostly white and black). Gets off the textured PIE plate similar to standard PLA (X1C). I clean the PIE plate regularely with a sponge, hot water and dish detergent, that‘s it.
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You just have to be careful with the Bambu Silks. I thought I ruined a build plate once.
If it get REALLY stuck, don’t try to rip it off! Stick it in the freezer for a bit; the print will come right off. So, wash it regularly if using the Bambu silks (speaking from experience).
But, yeah, they look amazing.
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I as well think BBL PLA Mate think it prints easy with nearly invisible layers, but
it is more britle that normal BBL PLA. But brinting itself was easy so far for me.
So far I also just had BBL PLA, PLA Mate, PLA CF and PETG (not the new HF version) and
all of the spools or refills I got printed perfect, without any problem. And also perfectly spooled without knot or problem. I also jsut clean the plate with sponge, hot water with dish detergent.
Only on a third party build palte with a smooth “carbon” sheet I had problems to remove PETG.
Afterwards I found the speed should be also PETG and could not find wether it is allowed to print PETG on it? At least it works with a layer of 3DLac spray. Then it also removes easy.
On the structured plate I did not had any problems so far. Even with Esun ABS+ or ABS HS.
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