Push Plastic Silver is excellent silver color with a great metallic luster. If you are looking for a quality USA made silver filament then check out Push Plastic. Try printing a jet, sword, or missile with this awesome color.

Push Plastic has a very well rounded selection of colors which is great news if you are looking for one stop shopping.  Push Plastic PLA is usually sold in 1KG rolls on a plastic spool but they also have larger weights available up to 25kg! In full disclosure I was sent 200g samples of the PLA. The good thing about the large samples is I will be able to add pictures of bigger prints later . The 200g samples are very easy to tangle, I recommend printing the spool holder or buy a full 1kg spool.

Push Plastic PLA

 

Recommended Print Settings

Temperatures

  • Hot End - 210 Celsius
  • Bed - 60 Celsius

Speeds

  • Print Speed - 50mm/s
  • First Layer Speed - 30mm/s
  • Perimeter Speed - 30mm/s
  • Infill Speed - 60mm/s
  • Cooling Fan Speed - 100%

Structure

  • Perimeters - 2 or 0.8mm - 1mm
  • Top and Bottom Layers - 4 to 5 or 1mm
  • Infill - 15%

Retraction

  • Distance - 0.8mm*
  • Speed - 35mm*
  • Z-Lift - 0.6mm

Bridging

  • Bridge Flow - 85%
  • Bridge Speed - 30mm/s
  • Bridge Cooling - 100%

Physical

  • Bed Adhesion - Glue Stick
  • Nozzle Type - Brass (Standard)
  • Enclosure - None
* Values will differ for printers with Bowden extruders
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2 Replies to “Push Plastic Silver Metallic PLA”

  1. What material is in the material that is added to PLA to make it look silver, Bronze and Gold?

    Reason I’m asking, is it metal, and thus if it is, can the material be classified as anti-microbial PLA? With many metals, silver, copper to name a few, serve as anti-microbial materials

    1. I’ve seen it advertised as polyester being the additive. It certainly isn’t metal. There are companies such as Proto-Pasta which make materials with actual metal in them.

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