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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
As for PLA vs ABS - I've always printed ABS. My printer supports PLA but I've never bothered with it since, if I recall, it tends to degrade in the sun. (I live in what is known as The Sunshine State)
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I've got some experience with PLA. Haven't done anything with ABS. PLA is to some extend biodegradable, but haven't tested that at all. I've found that the
color of PLA tends to have a pretty hefty effect on how it prints and how it'll hold up. Set for one color, print a nice part, change colors and print the same part with the same settings and it might not be the same--depends on how close the colors are. (White tends to crack easily and without warning, for example; most other colors will at least warn you.)
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