- Material Overview
- Design Guidelines
Available Finishes:
Frosted Detail
Frosted Ultra Detail
Ships in: 8 business days
Handling Fee: $5.00
Price Per cm3: FD: $2.39, FUD: $3.49
Minimum Wall: FD: 0.5mm, FUD: 0.3mm
Max Bounding Box: FD: 298x185x203mm, FUD: 127x178x152mm
Properties
Strength
Detail
Smoothness
Flexibility
Glossiness
Transparency
Frosted Detail and Frosted Ultra Detail are UV cured acrylic polymer that is capable of incredibly fine details that are perfect for miniatures, model trains, and anything that requires a smooth and detailed finish. Particularly, if you intend to paint your model, the detail will really pop. Frosted Ultra Detail is brittle, especially around the minimum wall thickness. Thicker walls will result to stronger models. The material is slightly flexible and heat resistant up to 80/176 degrees C/F.
Due to the printing process, we need to place support material below the model. This support material can create small print lines in some parts, particularly if the part has flat surfaces. These print lines are small and not highly noticeable, however they will be exaggerated when painted. Take a look at the picture above to see the print lines, the scale of the ruler below is in centimeters.
The printing process used is Multijet Modeling (MJM). Molten plastic is deposited by print head onto platform in layers through several nozzles, essentially a large print head that sweeps across the build layer. As the heated material jets onto the build plate, it instantly solidifies. Afterwards, each layer is then cured, or polymerized by a wide area UV lamp after deposition. The next is applied and layers of thermoplastics builds up. The products are printed on an aluminium tray. When printing is ready we place the aluminium trayin the freezer. After that, we get the models from the tray and put them in a basket. That basket we place in an oven to melt the wax away. After the oven we put the basket in a ultrasonic bath with oil to remove all wax rests. After the oil bath the product are really greasy, so we put the basket in another ultrasonic cleaner with water to flush all leftover oil away. Then we dab away the leftover water on the models.
This material is watertight, not dishwasher safe, not recyclable, and not foodsafe. It is heatproof to 80C/176F degrees. Higher temperatures may significantly change material properties.
Technical PDFs: Material Data Sheet, Material Safety Data Sheet
Top Design Tips
- 1 In general, minimum wall varies based on features - The more stress is put on your object, the thicker it has to be. While the minimum wall of Frosted Ultra Detail is 0.3mm and Frosted Detail is 0.5mm, this does not mean all parts of your structure will be strong enough at those points. For most designs, we recommend designing thicker walls as 0.3mm walls remain very, very brittle. ... read more
- 2 Be sure to design big enough escape holes for hollow parts - If your escape holes (i.e., holes in hollow parts) are not big enough, there may be support wax that still remains inside when we finish producing your product. The consistency of the support wax is like that of melting candle wax, so think: if I were melting candle wax out of my print, would the wax flow through the escape holes? ... read more
- 3 How to design thin, supporting wires - During shipping and handling, thin supporting wires have trouble holding weight without breaking. In general, we recommend that supporting wires not be more than 0.5-0.6mm thick. Wires longer than 3mm should be 0.8-1.0mm thick. If you have longer wires supporting other structures, please make your wires at least 1mm in diameter. ... read more
- Read more Design Guidelines
Please note that the 3D printed products are intended for decorative purposes. They are not suited to be used as toys or to be given to underage children. The products should not come into contact with electricity and be kept away from heat. Our materials, except for 3D printed glazed ceramic, are not food safe.
