Weird surface texture with this asa cf brand
I got some cheap asa cf off amazon and the texture is really weird it looks almost like cordura.
Printed this vertically to match the layers to another part its being attached to.
Print settings:
Line width .62
Line height .24
Temp 270 -260
Flow ratio .95
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Hi, have you managed to fix this? My 2cts would be to do a flow calibration, and verify what size nozzle youre using (though this looks rather extreme to be a flow rate error).
I tried a few different flow ratios and it didn't fix but while printing it randomly hit a line of filament that didn't seem to have any carbon fiber in it and it was fine.
Anyways I think I'm just going to avoid this filament it was 16 bucks which should have been my first sign and it smells like abs not asa. To top it all off it leaves a weird oily residue whic h stops the next print from sticking to the build plate.
I did succeed in printing but every print had that texture almost perfectly its kinda neat I guess.
It really is kinda neat if that's a texture you're going for. I think it would make a nice pen holder on my office's desk.
Not the ideal use of ASA, but also not the price of ASA.
Yuck! Have you taken some calipers to it to check it's diameter?
diameter seems to be 1.73-1.75 ish. I switched back to some regular asa and it printed flawlessly. I'd recommend not buying eryone asa cf unless you really want the weird lizard skin texture.
Looks cool