ABS or Not?

[Davequa]

Presumably if it was pure ABS then it would dissolve in acetone. The fact that it doesn't implies that it isn't. Even if it contained a lot of recycled ABS i would still expect it to be soluble in acetone. Also it means that I can't make a slurry to use as a glue - not a major problem as superglue worked OK

[tigerprinter]

Did you get pure acetone? I only ask because I bought nailpolish remover at Walgreens originally and had the same problem, but when I bought pure acetone from Home Depot it dissolved fine.

[DrUsual]

That's a good point. I was using nail polish remover from the pharmacy at the grocery store. I need to go to Home Depot tomorrow, so I'll pick up some pure acetone there and see the difference...

[Davequa]

I was using pure acetone that I bought from a pharmacy. The other ABS filaments that I have (white and blue) dissolve ok but this yellow one seems to be acompletely different animal although i am having no trouble at all printing with it