The “Effortless” Way to Metallize your 3D Printed Parts – A guide
Now with 90-100% less sanding involved, turn your 3D printed plastic parts into a highly convincing “metal” finish!
While I use these techniques to effortlessly post-process my costume armor designs to look like polished steel, this method works for any similar project to achieve a high-shine mirror finish. I also compared two metallic paints on the shiny processed parts for realism, ruggedness, and convenience of application.
I hope you’ll enjoy this update to my previous tutorial published a year ago, which is the old-fashioned way of achieving a high shine finish:
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00:00 Intro
01:04 A tedious process
01:40 New materials
02:24 A simple contraption
03:32 Chemistry magic
04:19 Paint tests
05:59 What about seams?
06:50 Outro and yappin’
As always, thanks for watching, and let me know your thoughts 🙂
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