The new Infinity Blue filament from DAS FILAMENT is here! This is a material I hold dearly to my heart – it took a few tries, but together with DAS FILAMENT we managed to get a perfect shade of Tom’s 3D blue and some fancy glitter fused into one material. It’s a loveable shade of blue and the metallic sparkles make prints look awesome every time!
How did we do it?
Here’s the basics: Right now, Infinity Blue is available as PLA. This is the same quality base material DAS FILAMENT use for all their other PLA filaments. The filament is extruded, tested and packaged in Germany to our German standards – which means even the winding job is done to perfection (my prototype spools were not quite as perfect).
In addition to the pure PLA, a colorant and metallic glitter particles are added. The colorant is Pantone 306C, which is now the official Tom’s 3D color in the physical world and the flitter particles are a type that is already extensively used in 3D printing filaments, so reliability will be perfect as always.
The filament is fine to print even with standard brass nozzles as it is not excessively abrasive like carbon fiber filaments or glow-in-the-dark.
Nozzles with a super-small bore will jam, because the metallic particles are still, well, particles. Try to stick with the standard 0.4mm or 0.3mm nozzles.
Print settings
Most standard print settings for PLA will work perfectly without tweaking. Personally, I use the profiles from Slic3r Prusa Edition that are meant for the MK2(S), but work well for any other printer, too. That means print speeds between 20 and 60mm/s (the slower speeds for outside perimeters) and layer heights around 0.15mm. While you can print lower layer heights, you’ll find that the metallic particles hide the layer lines well once you go below 0.1mm. Of course, feel free to experiment! Infinity Blue will work for any common layer height, be it taller or thinner than usual.
On the Prusa MK2, I usually print with 210°C and a 55°C heated bed, the part cooling fan on the default (high) setting and the extrusion multiplier on 105 to 110%. The standard 100% “flow” setting will also work, but bumping it up by a few percent will create more solid prints without impacting print quality.
So in summary:
- 210°C hotend
- 55°C heated bed if you have one
- 100% fan
- 105% flow, depending on your machine
- 100% speed, around 60mm/s
Or simply whatever settings you usually print your PLA with
What to print
Here are some things that are going to look great printed in Infinity Blue:
Flowalistik’s Low Poly Squirtle
Some low–poly vases
Maybe a tiny play button? (the border was printed with Fillamentum Vertigo Grey)
Where to get it
I think Infinity Blue turned out to be a gorgeous filament. But of course, it’s no use if no one gets to print it! Since shipping even a single 800g spool of filament internationally almost costs more than the filament itself, DAS FILAMENT agreed to make a special run of smaller, 500g spools (sadly sold out already) that are cheaper to buy and will be much cheaper to ship. They are a limited edition only and are available directly from DAS FILAMENT. Regular-sized 800g spools are also available!
Happy printing!
Disclaimer: Tom’s 3D / Thomas Sanladerer / NMTS is not paid by DAS FILAMENT for promoting their brand, the Infinity Blue filament, generated sales, leads etc. It’s just nice filament 😉