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Product Description
Product Description
- Silk PLA Filament
- Premier Material: made of polylactic acid from U.S..
- N.W: 1KG
- Diameter: 1.75±0.05mm
- Vacuum packing
- Spool Diameter: 7.8" - Spool Height: 2.55" - Spool Hub Hole Diameter: 2.08"
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Print Settings and tips:
- Printing Temperature: 195-220°C
- Hot bed Temperature: 40-60°C
- Other Layer Printing Speed: 30-60mm/s,the printing speed of Silk PLA is suggested to be about 30mm / s.
- First Layer Printing Speed: 20-25 mm / s.
- Retraction:0-5mm
- Retraction Speed:<45mm/s
- Clean or change the nozzle before printing is good way to reduce jam if it was used for many times.
Possible problems:
- Some of 3D printer with Bowden Drive Extruder may have clog problems. The reason is that the softening temperature of silk PLA is lower.
- The solution method is:
- 1.Turn off Retraction settings.
- 2.It is necessary to clean up the filaments blocked in the throat before printing for second time.
Support and After-sales:
- We have been committed to producing high-quality products and providing customers with a good experience. If there is any quality problem, we will definitely solve the problem until you are satisfied.
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Customer reviews
Top reviews from the United States
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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2019
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Print at 215C With 60C Bed
By Silmarilos on May 8, 2019
This filament looks pretty darn cool when it comes out right. My first 4-5 prints all failed while I was trying to get the temp mixture right. I found that printing with the nozzle at 215C and the Heated bed at 60C (Using an Ender 3 Pro) yielded the best results.
By Silmarilos on May 8, 2019
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2017
Seriously: This stuff is unbelievably good-looking.
Printed that vase at 215°C with a hardened steel nozzle on an Original Prusa i3 MK2. If you're using a brass nozzle (like most folks) you'll probably find that 205°C is a better temperature (steel doesn't transfer heat as well as brass).
Color: Silk GoldVerified Purchase
OMG AMAZING!!!
By Riskable on September 2, 2017
This is the most gorgeous gold filament I've ever seen! It was super easy to print too. Wow. Just wow. It looks like *real gold*! I've bought four different "gold" filaments and this one is like 1000x better than all of them combined. The others don't even *remotely* look like gold. This one, however, ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE GOLD! It's blowing my mind how amazing this filament looks.By Riskable on September 2, 2017
Seriously: This stuff is unbelievably good-looking.
Printed that vase at 215°C with a hardened steel nozzle on an Original Prusa i3 MK2. If you're using a brass nozzle (like most folks) you'll probably find that 205°C is a better temperature (steel doesn't transfer heat as well as brass).
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019
Color: Silk GoldVerified Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018
The filament was packaged as one would expect with a stiff, resealable plastic bag. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it at first glance. The filament looked similar to other 'silk' style filaments that I have used in the past, though it felt 'light' to the touch. It's hard to explain, but I have become accustomed to a very solid feeling filament and this felt somehow lighter.
The original purpose of this filament was to reproduce a gold angel for a customer without having to sand/refine/paint the pieces. Due to the size requested and the build space of my Monoprice Maker Select, I had to cut it into several pieces to fit it all. I felt confident that I could simply attach everything once it was printed.
When the filament printed correctly, it printed beautifully. The yellow mustard color mixed with the silk finish definitely gave an eye-popping result that the customer loved. Unfortunately, that lustre was won through great difficulty and a ton of wasted time and filament. It is, as others have stated, very brittle. I found that anything less than a grid support would simply snap off midway through printing, leaving pieces' success up to fate. This often resulted in malformed, hole-ridden and indecipherable pieces, since the layer adhesion was very, very poor. The grid supports mitigated the issues but left horrible scarring on the pieces that ruined the lustre completely. However it is that they get the 'silk' finish does not translate into the filament, resulting in very dull, ugly spots where supports have touched or where one might sand it. Similarly, when used in a 3D pen, the resulting extrusion is not 'silk' finish at all, making spots where you might use it to weld pieces together dull.
I do think it worth mentioning that once the head, arm and horn of the commissioned figure were put together, it got knocked a scant foot from my hand and shattered at the wrist, neck and mouthpiece. The places that I would've expected it to break, such as at the 3D pen welded seams, were not where it broke, but instead at random layers in the print, regardless of thickness or infill. This is the first time I've ever dropped a piece, especially at such a low height, and had it explode into chunks. I was able to heat-smooth the layers with the 3D pen's tip but it left ugly, dull lines that stood out like a sore thumb.
Other reviews have mentioned that the filament is great once you 'dial it in' but I was never able to find that secret temperature combination that would keep things running smoothly. Nothing seemed to help make things lay down smoother, join stronger or feed better. In the end, it jammed both my nozzle and my 3D pen, the latter of which was a casualty of the effort, since it could not be taken apart at the heating element without breaking apart the plastic body and desoldering the board.
Since I purchased 1KG of this filament, it will stay in my rotation primarily as a 'draft' filament to check the size and shape of my models. I find that it prints okay when the pieces have a broad, flat base that tapers upward and requires no supports, though the previous caveats remain. Anything that is thin or requires bridging or steep overhangs will suffer. Any thin pieces will be very likely to snap off. It responds poorly to ironing, bubbling up strangely in some spots and showing through in others, even with 1.5mm in top layers.
I wish the quality of this filament were better or that another company would make a 'silk' filament in a nice mustard color like this. It hurts me to say that I will never trust it to a final piece, and that I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone else looking for a lovely 'gold' straight off the bed.
Color: Silk GoldVerified Purchase
An aesthetic I wish could be reliably printed and safely put into use!
By Amazon Customer on August 7, 2018
I bought this filament after reading through the previous reviews, so I knew that I was likely in for a wild ride.By Amazon Customer on August 7, 2018
The filament was packaged as one would expect with a stiff, resealable plastic bag. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it at first glance. The filament looked similar to other 'silk' style filaments that I have used in the past, though it felt 'light' to the touch. It's hard to explain, but I have become accustomed to a very solid feeling filament and this felt somehow lighter.
The original purpose of this filament was to reproduce a gold angel for a customer without having to sand/refine/paint the pieces. Due to the size requested and the build space of my Monoprice Maker Select, I had to cut it into several pieces to fit it all. I felt confident that I could simply attach everything once it was printed.
When the filament printed correctly, it printed beautifully. The yellow mustard color mixed with the silk finish definitely gave an eye-popping result that the customer loved. Unfortunately, that lustre was won through great difficulty and a ton of wasted time and filament. It is, as others have stated, very brittle. I found that anything less than a grid support would simply snap off midway through printing, leaving pieces' success up to fate. This often resulted in malformed, hole-ridden and indecipherable pieces, since the layer adhesion was very, very poor. The grid supports mitigated the issues but left horrible scarring on the pieces that ruined the lustre completely. However it is that they get the 'silk' finish does not translate into the filament, resulting in very dull, ugly spots where supports have touched or where one might sand it. Similarly, when used in a 3D pen, the resulting extrusion is not 'silk' finish at all, making spots where you might use it to weld pieces together dull.
I do think it worth mentioning that once the head, arm and horn of the commissioned figure were put together, it got knocked a scant foot from my hand and shattered at the wrist, neck and mouthpiece. The places that I would've expected it to break, such as at the 3D pen welded seams, were not where it broke, but instead at random layers in the print, regardless of thickness or infill. This is the first time I've ever dropped a piece, especially at such a low height, and had it explode into chunks. I was able to heat-smooth the layers with the 3D pen's tip but it left ugly, dull lines that stood out like a sore thumb.
Other reviews have mentioned that the filament is great once you 'dial it in' but I was never able to find that secret temperature combination that would keep things running smoothly. Nothing seemed to help make things lay down smoother, join stronger or feed better. In the end, it jammed both my nozzle and my 3D pen, the latter of which was a casualty of the effort, since it could not be taken apart at the heating element without breaking apart the plastic body and desoldering the board.
Since I purchased 1KG of this filament, it will stay in my rotation primarily as a 'draft' filament to check the size and shape of my models. I find that it prints okay when the pieces have a broad, flat base that tapers upward and requires no supports, though the previous caveats remain. Anything that is thin or requires bridging or steep overhangs will suffer. Any thin pieces will be very likely to snap off. It responds poorly to ironing, bubbling up strangely in some spots and showing through in others, even with 1.5mm in top layers.
I wish the quality of this filament were better or that another company would make a 'silk' filament in a nice mustard color like this. It hurts me to say that I will never trust it to a final piece, and that I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone else looking for a lovely 'gold' straight off the bed.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2018
The prints come out really silver, bright and shiny, not the only slightly shiny gray from other "silver" filaments (I've tried 3 different brands so far). Check out the picture, the cube on the left was printed with this silk silver and the one on the right is a Hatchbox silver. I did not use flash, was just standing by the window. This filament really catches the light. Definitely buying more of this in the future.
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This thing IS shiny!
By Mauro Reis on September 21, 2018
I had already bought their silky gold filament, which I love, so I decided to try the silver next, and I'm really not disappointed at all.By Mauro Reis on September 21, 2018
The prints come out really silver, bright and shiny, not the only slightly shiny gray from other "silver" filaments (I've tried 3 different brands so far). Check out the picture, the cube on the left was printed with this silk silver and the one on the right is a Hatchbox silver. I did not use flash, was just standing by the window. This filament really catches the light. Definitely buying more of this in the future.
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Top reviews from other countries
Amazingmeow
Literally the worst thing I've bought from amazon
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2020Color: Silk CopperVerified Purchase
Literally the worst thing I've bought from amazon
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2020
Worst filament money can buy.Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2020
Sure yes it prints out shiny, but layer adhesion is horrible, and the filament itself is brittle and weak.
I printed out what’s supposed to be an external HDD cage, but what came out just fell right apart!
Layers did not stick, and the entire thing almost crumbles.
I cannot stress enough. The filament is weaker than dried buscuit, it literally crumbles!
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Kai
READ BEFORE BUYING
Reviewed in Canada on June 8, 2019Verified Purchase
hetile
This is gold.
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2019Color: Silk GoldVerified Purchase
This is gold.
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2019
EDIT:Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2019
After some prints, I stored the spool in my container which is a dry box bellow 10% humidity for about a month. When I retried it, this time the result was completely different. It printed wonderfully at 205 and was A LOT shinyer then previous prints. So it might be advisable to dry the spool when you receive it.
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This is not the easiest filament to work with. My basic profile resorted in under extrusion and warping and not sticking to the bed.
What worked for me in the end is glass plate with light hairspray, 60 for the bed and 215 for the nozzle. I also lowered the first layer speed by 50% and adjusted my estep a bit because this filament is a bit softer then regular pla. It's also a bit sticky on itself so filament will be tensioned from the spool to the extruder.. Ball-bearing mounted spool is suggested for this one.
Once dialed in, this filament is special. Closest to gold color I've seen.
Overall pleased with this one and will probably rebuy at the end of this one.
4 star because of the price
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Amazon Customer
SILK COPPER Colossal Waste of Money
Reviewed in Canada on December 14, 2020Color: Silk CopperVerified Purchase
Bob Robert
Parts are very brittle
Reviewed in Canada on September 15, 2020Color: Silk GoldVerified Purchase
