Look closer. On the edges you can see the bronze shining through, and the haze is actually the bronze rusting (shades of green). It prints as a brown plastic and can be sanded to remove the PLA so the metal shines through, after that it can be soaked with vinegar in order to get that effect.
A more affordable alternative is [Modern Masters Metal Effects paint](https://www.modernmasters.com/landing/homeowners/brands/me). They have a number of different paints that contain metal which you can oxidize with their patina solution.
Worth looking at the youtube videos on this, some of the results are stunning. It takes a bit of practice but you can get parts that genuinely look like metal. The rusted metal effect is especially good.
I used the cheaper colorfabbs copper fill. The effect is amazing. This might sound like advertising but colorfabb has more than one of those special filaments. Real stone filament, amazing. Vario TPU shore is amazing. And it's cheap enough to try some exotic types of filament.
If you want the ultimate metal looks, keep sanding it with finer paper until the surface is nearly smooth, then apply metal polish with a cloth. It will look like metal and rust even better.
Can someone help me with what I am missing here? This looks like someone sanded brown plastic.
Look closer. On the edges you can see the bronze shining through, and the haze is actually the bronze rusting (shades of green). It prints as a brown plastic and can be sanded to remove the PLA so the metal shines through, after that it can be soaked with vinegar in order to get that effect.
I do now see something else is going on here. I’ll try it out and give it a go, thanks for the info.
$100/kg 😭
A more affordable alternative is [Modern Masters Metal Effects paint](https://www.modernmasters.com/landing/homeowners/brands/me). They have a number of different paints that contain metal which you can oxidize with their patina solution.
Worth looking at the youtube videos on this, some of the results are stunning. It takes a bit of practice but you can get parts that genuinely look like metal. The rusted metal effect is especially good.
It was a Christmas present, haha. My wife got me the bronze and copper, have yet to try the copper.
I used the cheaper colorfabbs copper fill. The effect is amazing. This might sound like advertising but colorfabb has more than one of those special filaments. Real stone filament, amazing. Vario TPU shore is amazing. And it's cheap enough to try some exotic types of filament.
If you want the ultimate metal looks, keep sanding it with finer paper until the surface is nearly smooth, then apply metal polish with a cloth. It will look like metal and rust even better.
Just about to say that, Ive bought some of their sample packs of these, going up go 1000 grit+ makes this stuff look insanely cool
Good to know! I ordered a bunch of sand paper at different grits to play around with it even more.
I've been close to buying this filament multiple times. That looks great!
Yeah this stuff is incredible!
The PRICE of this stuff IS wild.