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Review on πŸ“ Natural Standard Tolerance Thickness Polyetherimide by Rich Ferguson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Yes Yes Yes! One of the best!

I've had a 3D printer for over a year now and I love experimenting. I tried almost everything to keep the prints. (bare borosilicate, masking tape, kapton, hairspray, glue stick, zebra board). This PEI on a plate is still one of my favorites. It's strong enough to handle tear-off prints unscathed and peels prints off fairly easily once it's cooled. (After application, the surface should be sanded lightly with ultra-fine sandpaper or a magic eraser to give the print some grip.) Using PEI with a heated platen saves you the hassle of using other adhesives like hairspray or glue. I tried it on a borosilicate glass plate, a slightly flexible thin sheet of steel and a MIC6 aluminum plate. Each time PEI was applied to the panel using 3M TapeCase 468MP adhesive, none of them attempted to fall apart or warp. (Actually, it helps stabilize the steel sheet.) I've now mounted four of these on different surfaces, which is useful for a variety of printing applications. Highly recommended. If you buy one of these, you'll also need an inexpensive "plastic cutting tool". (And just in case you've never used it, drag the bottom POINT along the straight edge to make a groove in the plastic in the panel, once on each side, then snap off and sand it off. You don't use a long sharp edge on the plastic. And remember. Eye protection/gloves.)

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