http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56455&th=11471#msg_56455 Is it water soluble?
bvr]]> bvr 2012-11-08T00:38:27-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56462&th=11471#msg_56462 or isopropyl alcohol. Also see threads on "FUD wax removal" and similar topics in the "Post Production Techniques" forum. ]]> mkroeker 2012-11-08T09:06:39-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56465&th=11471#msg_56465 The item is basically a cube, just flat sides. It felt just like plastic with solvent on it. As soon as I felt it I blew it off and set it in front of a fan. As it's a moving piece I did not want the dim's. to change much so I just stopped. I'm going to dry sand it now.

thanks for the reply
bvr]]> bvr 2012-11-08T10:35:44-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56466&th=11471#msg_56466 bvr]]> bvr 2012-11-08T10:41:44-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56467&th=11471#msg_56467 The other detail material, "frosted detail/frosted ultra detail" is probably chemically similar enough as far as solvent
resilience is concerned.]]> mkroeker 2012-11-08T10:52:57-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56469&th=11471#msg_56469 Thanks again.
bvr]]> bvr 2012-11-08T11:02:10-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56472&th=11471#msg_56472
What the OP has found is a thin layer of the jelly like support material, which tends to become slimy when wet. The actual material of the piece is acrylic plastic and so is quite robust and won't dissolve in water. However this plastic will soften at about 50C so care should be taken when sanding not to let the piece get over heated.]]> BillBedford 2012-11-08T12:20:30-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56473&th=11471#msg_56473 a fleeting mention of "waxy material" there that does not seem to be all that easy to remove)]]> mkroeker 2012-11-08T12:38:23-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56474&th=11471#msg_56474 BillBedford 2012-11-08T13:08:25-00:00 http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=56525&th=11471#msg_56525 mkroeker wrote on Thu, 08 November 2012 12:38
That is good to know. (So good, in fact that I wonder why it is not on the materials sheet - I see only
a fleeting mention of "waxy material" there that does not seem to be all that easy to remove)

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I thought I was missing something in reading the material page.

Thank you BillBedford

I can't wait to show off what I've built...but I have to machine a piece for it. Only because I want it working now and do not have the patience to wait for the part to be printed. Off to make chips...machining has started to feel somewhat medieval. My how times are a changin'

thanks again everyone for the reply's
bvr]]> bvr 2012-11-08T23:37:06-00:00