BTW, I bet it would work on PLA if you used dichloromethane instead of

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BTW, I bet it would work on PLA if you used dichloromethane instead of acetone.

Originally shared by Whosa whatsis

NEED to try this.

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Dichlo, as I like to call it despite chemical guys laughing at me, dissolves Pla very quickly

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@Brook_Drumm I go with “DCM”.

I use weld-on #4, a solvent glue with DCM as the active ingredient. It works nicely for gluing (making the surface tacky pretty much instantly), but I wouldn’t describe it as dissolving PLA “very quickly”. Do you use a higher-purity source?

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We order pure stuff from a chemical house… Not available to consumers. We also heat it and stir in the pellets. We use it to make electrically conductive stuff. It dissolves into a suspension in 30 minutes or so.

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Wonder how well this will work with conductive or metall filler filaments. Been thinking a bit about metal plating a porous model made of conductive filament. How solid will i be …

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I’ve always wanted to print and plate a collection of old hood ornaments