Painting SLS parts and Their Mechanical Properties
Painting SLS parts and Their Mechanical Properties
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I build prototypes at my place of employment and have assumed that spray painting (with latex paint) 3D printed SLS parts increases their mechanical properties, but I recently read an on-line article that contradicted that.
Does anybody have experience with the affect of latex spray paint on 3D SLS printed parts
Does anybody have experience with the affect of latex spray paint on 3D SLS printed parts





RE: Painting SLS parts and Their Mechanical Properties
Solvent-based coatings that can fusion-bond to the plastics and form compatible resins/alloys might give some improvement.
I have had SLA parts (of some kind of acrylate polymer) dipped in acrylic resin to seal them, but the resin did not impart a significant change in tensile strength, it just made the parts water-tight and more transparent.