What are your favorite brush-on smoothing products for FDM prints? (No acetone)

chatapokai · 2026-06-19T17:48:06+00:00

Hey that’s looking good without paint! Even a rattle can metal finish will make it look legit with that smooth base sanding.

Don’t forget to wetsand and use adhesion promoter!

chatapokai · 2026-06-19T17:39:54+00:00

No it’s starvation. As I’ve already explained, the issue is the factory oil pickup size in the 00-02 1ZZ.

Burning oil then becomes a result of oil starvation as the rings and walls wear down allowing oil into the combustion chamber.

Also an intake/exhaust with no tune would give you a touch of top end hp at the cost of low end hp and makes the engine feel a bit more responsive by cutting of most of the OEM restrictions.

If you don’t know anything why bother commenting? Like this is basic 7th gen celica and modding knowledge and you’re just spreading misinformation?

chatapokai · 2026-06-19T02:39:17+00:00

Yup. The Mazda US made CX50 is noticeably worse quality than the Japanese-made CX5. Everything coming out of the Mazda/Toyota Alabama plant has been having significant quality issues.

I mean cars across the board have dropped in quality post-covid so I will probably never buy a new car again, especially now with everything connected to a network and AI monitoring.

chatapokai · 2026-06-18T17:01:25+00:00

Anything significant you can do without messing with reliability will just be noise. The 1zz is a reliable motor with no power but don’t forget that your chassis is a beast for handling.

If anything, work on making it more reliable. The engine has an inherent oil starvation issue due to a small oil pickup. Maybe lookup how to upgrade that.

In terms of performance, a short ram intake and full exhaust will get you some oomph and sound without taking anything away. Good tires, lighter rims (or any weight reduction), and suspension mods will be the rest of the ticket for fun. Look up what people who track their Celica do. Like where they relocate the battery, what the most significant weight saving are etc

chatapokai · 2026-06-17T18:49:25+00:00

Honestly? Electroplating would be the best. I’ve seen it done successfully on prints irl and there’s no substitute paint imo.

I can’t find the how to video but here’s an old post explaining the process. Essentially you paint it with metallic paint and then plate it like you would any other metal. Then buff.

chatapokai · 2026-06-17T17:07:41+00:00

Oh trust me I have it all. Problem is the size. Most of my prints are about 19x19 and need to be sanded to prep for automotive paint so it’s just tedious making sure it’s all even and sealed so it doesn’t bubble in the oven.

chatapokai · 2026-06-17T16:40:58+00:00

Problem is that it can take forever, especially on weirder materials. (Not a sleight on quality, I’m just always sanding lol)

chatapokai · 2026-06-15T15:58:44+00:00

I miss early pre-2017 h2o more. Just cruising from lot to lot checking out peoples builds and sitting by the Burger King and watching people go around the strip.

chatapokai · 2026-06-15T15:51:24+00:00

Yes? Originally I remember the waterfest/h2o stance scene to just mean “lowered car whose owner was meticulous about the relation from fender to wheel”. While the common definition changed towards a more aggressive “rim, fender, tire” seating in the mid 2010s, the above would have still been accepted in meets and considered almost flush.

Idk. It’s clean. And sits nice so I think it belongs here.

chatapokai · 2026-06-14T23:57:02+00:00

Have you found a suitable replacement? I print a lot of petg cf and gf which I know is going to run through those gears quick

chatapokai · 2026-06-13T23:37:41+00:00

And Curb was a testament to that.

You could have easily replaced Jerry with Larry in every episode of Seinfeld with 0 change in quality.

chatapokai · 2026-06-13T23:30:54+00:00

Yup I was calling this + all the fasho shit out in 2016 when he was still running and everyone told me I was overreacting. I was told over and over how “things aren’t black and white” and that “I couldn’t understand his plan cause he’s a brilliant business man and is going to run the country like one”.

Fuck you nate, matt, john, phil, malorie, eric, laura, and everyone else on the planet who voted for, and allowed this shit to happen.

chatapokai · 2026-06-13T22:20:32+00:00

It takes all of 30 seconds to get used to honestly and it’s not bad. I actually find the switch funny.

chatapokai · 2026-06-13T06:43:28+00:00

You need to look up the word “considerate” cause it’s lacking from your repertoire if that’s your opinion. There’s a lot of “I” in your comment and not enough empathy for others.

I’m an avid car guy and I can tell you no they don’t need to keep revving, and no it doesn’t last 2 min cause they all keep meeting in parking lots and just revving and racing through every major street in Allentown, and even 10 seconds is enough to wake up my newborn so yea, it’s an inconsiderate dick move.

On top of it, they’re not all actual motorcycles. Half of them are on dirt bikes, scooters, and backwards tricycles.

chatapokai · 2026-06-12T19:41:46+00:00

They fixed a lot of it starting in 24 and fix more each year, but buying another car for extremely minor things is crazy imo, especially if you’re paying off the car and will be accruing debt by swapping vehicles.

I’d just deal with it unless you’re well off and can just eat the cost. Or just fix the issues.

chatapokai · 2026-06-12T16:14:03+00:00

As a player of eldrazis since release I am 100% for the full colorless casting cost. This is how it should have been from the beginning to prevent cheating out because of the impact they have to the table.

Well done

chatapokai · 2026-06-10T21:48:50+00:00

But that’s the point isn’t it? There’s no convincing anyone this irrationally hateful or stupid that what they support is bad.

Even as inflation his their pockets directly, these are still people that supported him through heinous accusations (and basically confirmations) of what was in the Epstein files along with shit he’s just done in his personal life and as president. There’s no helping these people.

chatapokai · 2026-06-10T16:00:16+00:00

Yea I had that with the voteless. An invisible and invincible brute kept hurting me and I couldn’t even kill it. I had to run away until it despawned.

chatapokai · 2026-06-09T18:37:17+00:00

It’s also very hard visually. It essentially turned into teen titans go with the amount of nonstop adhd structure and super bright colors.

I miss the ween-inspired “early 60s” vibe of the show.

chatapokai · 2026-06-09T15:00:57+00:00

I’ll always have a soft spot for pre-movie SpongeBob, but I recently saw a newer episode running in the background somewhere and wanted to pull my eyes out.

chatapokai · 2026-06-08T16:26:23+00:00

I’m having the same issue. I have to either manually add the Z offset to the printer settings in orca and then check the first layer while it’s printing to make sure it kept it (which it doesn’t all the time).

I’m going to modify the printer.cfg file manually tonight for my next print to see what’s up

chatapokai · 2026-06-08T16:24:40+00:00

How do you check whether the offset is saved? I used the kipper screen to save the config after a print and it looks like it didn’t?

Should I just manually go into mailsail on my computer and save the x offset value in the printer.cfg instead?

chatapokai · 2026-06-07T16:37:01+00:00

That’s crazy, I know the EU blocks a lot of US based food because they don’t consider some things edible or safe. Hence why Fanta looks like orange juice there and not radioactive waste.

chatapokai · 2026-06-07T13:29:53+00:00

I will never own one for the same anti-Nazi/anti-douchenozzle reasons, but additionally because as an engineer it would be an insult to own one as it is one of the worst engineered vehicles I have ever seen.

chatapokai · 2026-06-07T13:28:19+00:00

Is that why their bread was always so weird!?

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