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Making "White Strong & Flexible" parts watertight [message #52591] Tue, 14 August 2012 21:07 UTC Go to next message
avatar cyeeskunk2 is currently offline cyeeskunk2
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I would like to make a part using White Strong & Flexible (PA 2200) material. However, it says it is not watertight. The part we are making is for a car part that needs to be watertight. Can you recommended a way to seal it? Perhaps infiltrate it with resin or brush it with a solvent?

For example, we made many parts using ABS plastic from our FDM machine and brush the parts with acetone to make them watertight. That worked well but now we want to try Shapeway's services.
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Re: Making "White Strong & Flexible" parts watertight [message #52605 is a reply to message #52591 ] Wed, 15 August 2012 08:16 UTC Go to previous message
avatar stop4stuff is currently offline stop4stuff
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Welcome to Shapeways! Smile

WSF parts can be sealed with pretty much any kind of paint or varnish that is suitable for nylon-12. The first few coats will soak in, but after that a decent sealed surface is formed.

Paul
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