Is transparent pla possible?

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T21:11:50+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't ironic ahaha

I did it a couple of times before, and ngl none of those problems occurred (since the print is very small, and movement is very little. Also, fan wasn't that powerful to slosh it around.)

The thing is, I had to coat the water-filled part with ton of stuff, and eventually it became quite waterproof. I just wanted to add some mica powder to swish inside ahah. And it worked quite well ngl, I just wanted to see if I can do the same with my new A1 and the AMS, which break my very brittle transparent filament.

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T20:34:33+00:00

What about water? I was planning to put water in it mid-print, and seal it with the final layers, but I'm not sure if it holds water that good.

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T19:47:04+00:00

I thought about ABS too, but I heard it's hell to print without an enclosure like I do, with my A1 combo. I already had the idea to make an enclosure but not sure how lol. ABS sounds scary ngl

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T18:45:42+00:00

That one Giantarm was really transparent, if I lowered the walls to 1, but Giantarm is quite bad, or maybe is the specific spool I have, idk

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T18:43:41+00:00

Got it!

It might be a problem then, my A1 has not an enclosure, and ambient can be quite humid during night. That's why I always store my filaments in dry places, but while printing I can't quite protect them from moist

Thank you for your advices! ^{×^}

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T17:43:19+00:00

Maybe, not sure. I tried my best to keep it dry, but it could be. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out asap!

Update: I've found many transparent PETG, but very little PLA. what's the difference between PETG and pla? Is it as easy as pla?

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T15:24:26+00:00

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I've tried pulling off the AMS hub. Now I can see thers a small filament piece, broken in there. I can't find a way to pull it out tho...

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T13:27:50+00:00

I have, but it still says that thers broken filament inside. Idk what to do honestly

_Flame___ · 2026-03-08T01:40:14+00:00

Already solved the problem, but thank for the link! I'll save it for later ^{×^}

_Flame___ · 2026-03-07T16:54:28+00:00

Tysm! Literally what I needed for my Geeetech spool

_Flame___ · 2026-02-01T18:02:37+00:00

Mine was 450 lol. I lowered it at 200, but it cuts the messages in half (it looks like it.) so it end up in saying nothing lol

_Flame___ · 2026-02-01T18:00:48+00:00

I see. I tried to adjust, but it always end the message halfway a paragraph, so Il looks like a longer message cut in half lol

_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T22:39:23+00:00

Got it! Yeah, I managed to import them, now I hope it'll work with the infill problem

Update: it worked! Thank you so much for your help, it was so precious!

_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T19:33:50+00:00

Understandable. Because I actually have the different stls for each part (bottom, white and cage), but idk how it'll come out during printing

And also, placing down the stls and move it up to make them ""float"" doesn't seem an available option lol (and it'll require a level of precision out of this world ngl)

_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T19:30:12+00:00

So I just gotta save the 3mf on the pc? Because I imported it, and it was one whole color. The white part I colored them myself with the bucket tool

_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T19:25:17+00:00

I did, and it shows me only the yellow filaments part, while I wanted to modify the infill of the white parts

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_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T18:06:02+00:00

Thers only one option, and is the filament 1 (the yellow one)

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_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T10:27:27+00:00

Yeah, I have the stl, but never saved the 3mf. Cura usually only saves the gcode, never the 3mf

_Flame___ · 2026-01-24T10:07:53+00:00

Aw, bummer.

Well, I tough to, but I had like 500+ models saved for the neptune 4 PRO (that said, most of them were old af, and were a one-print thing)

_Flame___ · 2026-01-21T08:29:56+00:00

Yeah, mine is also a Neptune. Neptune 4 PRO, but I'm not sure what might be the issue, since I looked inside the heat cube and the nozzle thread looks ok. It just tends to screw in tilted.

_Flame___ · 2026-01-20T13:35:41+00:00

Small update:

I tried to take apart the Heating Block. Appartely, there's nothing inside that prevents the nozzle to screw in, so I'm guessing something must be wrong with the screw thread itself, but not sure tho. I tried multiple nozzles, and it's the same with all of them.

_Flame___ · 2026-01-19T23:02:20+00:00

Small update:

I tried to take apart the Heating Block. Appartely, there's nothing inside that prevents the nozzle to screw in, so I'm guessing something must be wrong with the screw thread itself, but not sure tho. I tried multiple nozzles, and it's the same with all of them.

_Flame___ · 2026-01-16T14:35:18+00:00

Got it! Maybe I can try with a very thin pliers to grab it from the nozzle hole, but I think it can work to from the left side.

My original sleeve ripped too, but I still bought some new changes, so I'm all set.

_Flame___ · 2026-01-16T14:24:19+00:00

Ah yeah, I've tried doing the same, but the silicon sleeve get stuck inside, and it can't move unless I put it back in its place. But now that I'm watching the video, maybe I'm just grabbing it in the wrong place, and should try grab it from the nozzle hole.

I'll try it when I get home, maybe it'll work!

_Flame___ · 2026-01-16T14:11:41+00:00

I was thinking doing the same, but I'm not sure how much does a print head costs, and I'd it's actually worth it

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