Silk Silver PLA 3D Printer Filament 1.75 mm 1KG 2.2 LBS Spool 3D Printing Material Shine Silky Shiny Metallic Metal CC3D PLA Filament Silver Color

Nice shiny finish and easy to print with.

Like many other reviewers, I bought this after trying the gold filament from this manufacturer.My prints from the gold filament have a wonderful golden-like luster to them. Trouble is, I think that filament arrived with moisture in it; All prints from it have heavy blobs and "zits" on them. Also the filament balloons up when fed through the nozzle (i.e. during filament loading). If anyone else has had this experience with the GOLD filament, do share it with me.Now as I said in the title, prints from this silver filament aren't quite as eye-popping as prints from the gold filament. BUT! They still look amazing. This filament is also more stable than the gold filament; Only an occasional blob or zit on prints, and the filament doesn't balloon up when it's loaded through the nozzle.I've not had any clogging or other extrusion issues with either gold or silver filament, and I intend to replace both of them when I use each of them up.

This is my first time trying this brand. Bought this filament to print a blade for the sword I was printing for several hours and never had an issue or a clog. Really shiny color at slow speeds and cracking up the heat. The quality is nice, not stringing at all and for the cost, is pretty great deal.

First I should point out that the filament is wound on the spool in a very nice and uniform way. (I appreciate this, some filaments are not wound like that and look like a mess)I have used some shiny (silk) PLA in the past that has some strange qualities. What I mean is that certain silk PLA filaments I have used in the past give the illusion of sucking the extruded filament back up into the nozzle. (only when extruding way over the bed) This filament does NOT do that. It seems to print a lot like normal PLA.It does have a shine to it, it is a bit darker than I had hoped for. Not as dark as a black chrome but darker than chrome by just a little bit. It still looks very nice.I tried adjusting the temp to see if that had a big impact on the amount of shine. It did not appear to have as much impact as it did with other filaments I have tried. In a way, that makes this more flexible since the finish isn't dependent on a temp, I can use whichever temp I want and get similar results. I do like the filaments that change sheen with a temp change though because I can get different looks with the same filament.My printer is tuned in pretty well so I am having success with about every filament I try. (mostly highly rated filaments from Amazon but also some MicroCenter stuff)I filed and sanded a piece that was not fitting into a companion piece and it doesn't look terrible. Sanding and filing PLA can make it look terrible with some filaments. With this it just ended up being duller than the rest which actually isn't even very noticeable.Overall, I like this stuff. I might go for a brighter silver next time. If I wanted this exact color I would buy this again though.

The media could not be loaded. I really love the way this stuff prints! It's really smooth and the finish is very cool! BUT it did take a little dialing in to get it to work well. Specifically - this stuff likes to be cooled immediately. Take a look at the attached video for an example. The first segment shows a manual extrusion, no fan. Note how it self-retracts and is a bit rubbery. The 2nd segment is same length but 100% fan. Acts more or less like what you'd expect! Typically with PLA you print 1st layer no fan and subsequent layers with fan, but I'm finding more consistent results by printing all layers with 100% fan.Something else that is really nice about this filament is it handles supports really well. They are easy to separate and the surface is really nice at the interface. All in all this is a really nice filament if you're looking for that "metal" look.

LOWEST TEMP = MORE SHINY.This filament prints much more shiny at 190C to 200C despite that it says you can print up to 230C.After a heater temp failure, I accidentally discovered that it becomes a dull gray as you go higher in temperature. You want to print at the lowest printable temp for the shiniest silver. (See photos) Please note I did not measure the temp at the nozzle with a meter, so it may be slightly different for your setup.Additionally, this stuff is very sticky (wants to shrink back on itself) unlike other PLA, so 40C bed temp was not enough, but 50C seemed to keep the large prints from warping up on the edges. Glue sticks could have helped as well.Cooling fan on high is a must for small prints. If you print a 1 inch test cube without a fan, you’ll see the entire cube walls moving around. The two cubes in the photo at 210 and 230 had the fan at 10% for the first half of printing, and they look bad for that half. Cooling at 100% cleaned that up.Also, adding an inline filament dryer (Thordsen) while troubleshooting thiscleaned up the small imperfections in each layer.