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PLA Half-Sugar Honey Pomelo Orange Brand: Yiqiu3D · Model: 202608100000018 · Silk PLA usually loses its shine after the first few layers: the surface turns dull and you end up sanding or priming to make the model presentable. This silk compound is engineered so the gloss carries through every layer, so gift boxes, figurines and showpieces come off the plate with a smooth reflective finish, no post-processing needed.
Silk PLA is PLA plastic that uses a polymer and pigment system which gives the printed surface a high-gloss, silky sheen. The base material is still PLA, so the melting and printing behaviour stays close to standard PLA: it is a plastic finish, not a metal, glass or stone material.
Full answers belowBest for: Ideal for gifts, merchandise and collector items where shine is the headline feature - available in 15 colours; 1kg spools. Not ideal for: Avoid for mechanical brackets or hinges; PLA+ or PETG gives the durability needed - available in 15 colours; 1kg spools.
Nozzle 200-225°C · Bed 50-60°C
Clogging and stringing waste more material than a whole spool is worth. This Silk PLA holds a 1.75mm diameter tolerance with stable melt flow, so the extruder grip does not slip and the printed bead stays uniform from the first layer to the last. It prints at 200-225 C on a standard FDM printer with a 0.4mm nozzle and needs no special hardware.
A new spool that swallows hours of trial prints is a problem nobody budgets for. The series runs on a fixed 200-225 C window, so the first profile you set up carries over to every colour you buy, and calibration stops being guesswork. If a slow first layer needs more heat, move the nozzle inside the same window instead of changing hardware.
Batch drift is the pain point for print farms and resellers: colour and gloss shift between spools and customers notice. Each spool of this series is wound with in-line diameter gauging, dye lots are kept segregated, and every spool leaves the line vacuum sealed, so reordering the same colour gets the same shade and sheen.
| Diameter | 1.75mm |
|---|---|
| Material | PLA |
Yiqiu3D Silk PLA Filament 1.75mm 1kg Sea Salt Blue Shiny Silk Finish prints best at 200-225°C nozzle, 50-60°C bed.
| Nozzle Temp | 200-225°C |
|---|---|
| Bed Temp | 50-60°C |
Spool details for your feeding and handling setup.
| Gross Weight | 1.3 kg |
|---|---|
| Length | approx. 335m |
| Spool Size (L×W×H) | 22 × 20 × 6.5 cm |
| Pack Format | Roll |
| Spool Type | Round Spool |
| Country / Region | china |
|---|---|
| HS Code | 39169050 |
| Item No. | silk-pla-sea-salt-blue-sellable |
| Material | PLA |
| Raw Material | PLA |
| Print Size | 1.75mm |
| Net Weight | 1KG Net |
| Length | approx. 335m |
| Appearance | Round Spool |
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