Sparkle Polishing

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<p>My daughter wanted me to make her a crown. She wanted me to make her a<em>sparkly</em> crown. I looked at RichRap's Sparkle Printing process, but don't have any clear PLA as I mostly use ABS. I also wasn't really keen on the idea of intentionally sprinkling contamination into my printer enclosure.</p> <p>Then I got to thinking about how sticky the parts are when they just come out of vapor polishing... and sparkle polishing was born.</p> <p>I consider this to be primarily a derivative of the RichRap thing:14912, but the source file is the crown from thing:66757.</p> <h3> Instructions</h3> <p>NOTE: Still working on how to do this. This is actually the first time in my life that I can recall picking up a container of sparkles. Any suggestions from people with crafting experience are welcome.</p> <p>1) Print something in ABS.<br/> 2) Vapor Polish<br/> 3) Remove from polishing bath<br/> 4) Shake on sparkles. This should be done when the surface is still almost liquidy. Alternatively, you could probably roll or dip into a bucket of sparkles. Or maybe put it into a bag and shake it around?<br/> 5) Allow solvent to fully evaporate.<br/> 6) Present thing to your favorite princess.<br/> 7) Bask in the glow of being the coolest dad or {insert whatever your relationship is here}.</p> Category: 3D Printing