I wanted to know if decorative prints would hold up in the sun. I had some great 3d printed Gnomes for my garden, and did some experiments to figure out how do the elements affect the print. Here's my findings.
First some links:
Zandoria etsy shop if you want to get your own already printed gnomes. Note that he resin prints them so they're amazing quality! www.etsy.com/shop/Zandoria
The Zandoria site, by artist Will Sutton (who is super cool by the way):
zandoriastudios.com/
STL files for the ones I printed.."Guardin Gnomes" From Cults3d
cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/g...
Laser Thermometer gun (If this one isn't about $22 shop around you should find some on sale. Affiliate link:)
amzn.to/2UaFW4d
Some notes:
Ideally if you're looking to print something that you intend to go outdoors, you'd start with PETG. I happen to have a TON of PLA on hand due to a donation and some circumstances, and so I'm working through it. Since these were going to be just decorative prints, I started this experiment.
This video is intended to talk about PLA prints in the sun overall, and just learnings I had of outdoor things in general. You can apply what is in this video to PETG/ABS/etc.
Please note that I address the 'car scenario' in a chart...for some reason whenever I bring up PLA prints outside that gets mentioned. If you have a print that you think will be inside a car, please understand that this is a very very heat intense location...air temp alone is going to take down PLA, and surface temp may take down other materials even. Cars are just their own environment.
Thanks a ton for the support, as always I'll try to answer any questions in the comments below. I'll work on a followup 6 months after my gnomes are out there and show how they react to the rain and humidity.
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