Tests of different formulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PVA melting<\/strong>. Did not work. PVA became soft, but started burning without becoming liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PVA water soluble film<\/strong>. Add 15 g film (~ two layers), add water to dissolve (around 100 ml, did not measure), stirred 5 min, it nearly all went into solution, viscosity was low. Add 15 g glass powder, heat on hot plate at 60C until water evaporated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PLA dissolved in DCM (dichloromethane)<\/strong>. Added 15 g PLA pellets to DCM, ~100-150 ml.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Higher mol weight PVA + CMC<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tests of different formulations. PVA melting. Did not work. PVA became soft, but started burning without becoming liquid. PVA water soluble film. Add 15 g film (~ two layers), add water to dissolve (around 100 ml, did not measure), stirred 5 min, it nearly all went into solution, viscosity was low. Add 15 g glass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions\/2627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimlund.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
ABS in acetone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liquid Glass Line \/ Flexi-Glass, Liquid Stringer products, instructions<\/a>.
Flexi-Glass composition from MSDS ,link<\/a>:
< 2% CMC (carboxy methyl cellulose)
< 2% phosphated polyester\u00a0(unknown)
-aid adhesion, may raise combustion temp
9 – 12% PVA (polyvinyl alcohol)
< 2% diethylene glycol butyl ether (2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol) (solvent)
< 2% ethanol
< 2% surfactant (unknown)
< 2% tripropylene glycol ether (guess)
-solvent
Instructions: 1 part 70% isopropyl alcohol : 1 1\/2 parts Glass Color Powder : 1 part Flexi-Glass Medium
The transfer sheet is likely PET (polyethelene terephthalate).
Lines can be ~3 mm.
Liquid Stringer composition from MSDS link<\/a>, instructions<\/a>
< 2% CMC (carboxy methyl cellulose)
< 2% phosphated polyester\u00a0(unknown)
-aid adhesion, may raise combustion temp
< 16% diethylene glycol butyl ether (2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol) (solvent)
< 2% ethanol
< 2% surfactant (unknown)
< 2% tripropylene glycol ether (guess)
-solvent
Lines are ~4-6 mm wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n