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<blockquote data-quote="JR777" data-source="post: 3593669" data-attributes="member: 45725"><p>Yea the vapor smoothing will absolutely eat away the strength. Which is ironic because the types of plastic it works on, namely ABS, are difficult to print and used only because of their strength for functional parts. So it doesn't make much sense to weaken them with vapor.</p><p></p><p>PLA can be quite strong. If you don't mind telling me more about what you're doing I might be able to help. It might be just a matter of printing in a different orientation or adding a bit of material somewhere. Prints CAN be strong and functional, despite what many think. Case in point: <img src="https://i.imgur.com/Zfzc9p4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JR777, post: 3593669, member: 45725"] Yea the vapor smoothing will absolutely eat away the strength. Which is ironic because the types of plastic it works on, namely ABS, are difficult to print and used only because of their strength for functional parts. So it doesn't make much sense to weaken them with vapor. PLA can be quite strong. If you don't mind telling me more about what you're doing I might be able to help. It might be just a matter of printing in a different orientation or adding a bit of material somewhere. Prints CAN be strong and functional, despite what many think. Case in point: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Zfzc9p4.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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