Smoothing 3D Printed Objects With an Acetone Vapor Bath

[Geoff]

Been doing it for over a year now and to be honest, don't bother much anymore, I paint most of my models so I want a matte finish on them before painting, if I want to have them glossy smooth I just spray enamel them now.

The spray enamel doesnt look as good, but we're talking a quick spray with a can as opposed to all that acetone vapour and messing around - but yeah, acetone does give the best result. I also needed to buy a bottle of it from the hardware store, my wifes nail polish remover which apparently was packed full of acetone just didn't work.

This is the cheapo $2 shop stuff, it bonds with ABS really well - as I said no doesnt look as good as acetone but you are not losing any detail at all, whcih can happen easily if you soak your model in vapour too long.

But the real main reason I don't acetone vapour anymore is because I'm lazy. and spraying them is much easier lol



As far as cost, it's like $10-20 for half a litre... granted you only need a tiny bit to do the job.

You can also place a block of wood in the bottom of a jar, fill the jar with acetone until the block is almost covered and place your item on the block, it allows gravity to work better and things droop downward, not upsidown like in the picture.

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