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Polyethylene terephthalate is the base material for a number of printing filaments like the very common PETG (glycol-modified) or PETT (Polyethylene coTrimethylene Terephthalate), the transparent variant.

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Can I 3D-print a PET bottle?

I want to print a transparent PET bottle for my homemade lemonades and thought about 3D-printing them. I would like the printed bottle's quality to be as fine as a Coca-Cola PET bottle for coke and the printing substrate or material be something…
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Poor first layer bonding and bridging issues with Prima PETG

I have a roll of Prima PETG, I like the strength but I am having a few issues - the outside perimeter of the first layer often breaks away as a loose string (so it's not bonding with the second layer or perimeter next to it), small areas tend to go…
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What are the costs per meter of filament for PLA, ABS and PET?

My Craftbot Plus Craftware slicer estimates cost per job based on filament prices I add as parameters. What costs per meter would you use? I created spreadsheets to calculate this for 1.75mm diameter filament and arrived at PLA = 6.6 cents per…
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Adding extra Z-offset to bed for PETG in Slic3r

Having printed exclusively in PLA for the past year, I'm now looking at trying out PETG in order to print a set of spare parts for my new Prusa i3 mk3. I have bought a roll of PETG from Rigid.ink and their recommendation is to leave an extra 0.2mm…
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What is the best color of PETg to use for outdoor durability?

I am doing a quad-copter now. I am not sure what color is the best to use for outdoor durability, especially in sunlight. They say PETg is the most durable material amongst cheap ones. But what color to choose: white or transparent? Or it does not…
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How to smooth the surface of parts printed with Co-polyester (PET) filament

Are there any techniques for getting a smooth finish for parts printed with co-polyester (PET) filaments? More specifically, I am looking for an alternative that does not roughen the look of the part - such as using sandpaper - but rather works like…
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Nozzle reducing flow as it comes close to finish layer

I've have observed that when the printer is finishing a layer, the flow of plastic through the nozzle starts fading out as it comes closer to the point of layer change. As an example, let's say that I'm printing the first layer of a cube. The nozzle…
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What is the difference between PET/PETE and PETG?

I've heard that PETG, what we print with, is slightly different than PET or PETE, which is commercially available. Yet, PET bottles seem easy enough to recycle into prints according to these videos: #1 Multicolor printing-Details of free filament…
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How I can turn PET plastic into PETG?

With a friend, we managed to successfully make ABS filament and print with it (even though we sold a couple of spools) now we want to turn our attention to PET. The problem is that it's really hard to extrude properly into filament, so we are…
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Stringy PETG prints

I have started printing with PETG so I can create objects that won't deform if I leave them in my car. My first prints look good, but have strings of material coming off the print in places. What should I try to prevent that? I haven't had this…
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