Something else to print with. Just for entertainment I picked up several rolls of color changing PLA filament. They are temperature changing, UV reactive and Glow in the dark. The photos show the changes. The UV and Glow photos are under a black light and everything is laid out on a chart to show the before and after colors.
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where did you get those filaments ?
Pretty cool! I have some glow ion the dark green, and some of the natural to purple, and it works great. This is a nice writeup for those looking to see what the changes actually are.
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The UV Light Color Changing filament is available from Matterhackers and RepRapper Tech:
White to Purple: Store | MatterHackers
White to Red: Store | MatterHackers
Natural to Blue: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/reprapper-tech-pla-175mm-white-to-blue-ultra-violet-reactive-filament-568-p.asp
Natural to Purple: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/reprapper-tech-pla-175mm-white-to-purple-ultra-violet-reactive-filament-569-p.asp
The temperature change ones are also from RepRapper Tech:
Grey to White: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/reprapper-tech-pla-175mm-grey-to-white-thermochanging-filament-565-p.asp
Green to Yellow: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/reprapper-tech-pla-175mm-blue-green-to-yellow-green-thermochanging-filament-566-p.asp
Purple to Pink: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/pla-175mm-purple-to-pink-thermochanging-filament-567-p.asp
White to Blue: http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/reprapper-tech-pla-175mm-white-to-blue-ultra-violet-reactive-filament-568-p.asp
If you google temperature reactive PLA, you’ll see a couple more of them from lesser known manufacturers.
The glow PLA is available from Matterhackers and RepRapper Tech as well:
Matterhackers Glow: Product Search | MatterHackers
RepRapper: http://www.reprappertech.com/3d-printing-filament/color-glow-in-the-dark-green.html
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Thanks!
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Those two UV ones are ridiculously fast in the sun or a powerful leak detection light. I also put together a single cut sheet, very badly edited, to show the before and after on the same sheet.
No problem, I have all of this bookmarked for future purchases!
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They really are crazy fast!
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Or amazon
Does anyone make color changing filament in abs?
How about longevity for thermal activated? The old hypercolor pigment used in clothing was done in a year.