SUGGESTION: Packs of multicolored PLA
I was not sure where I should put this suggestion. But I think it would be awesome if it would be possible to buy packs of PLA that had 4 colors instead of big rolls of one color. I have 7 rolls of colors that are not particularly interesting together, but I would totally buy a pack of 4 colors (maybe 250 gr of each color) on a single spool. (imagine dividers on the spool to separate the colors.
Thoughts?
Re: SUGGESTION: Packs of multicolored PLA
likely issues.
you may need a huge space for storage, assuming you want to use all of each colour, you will have to store a reel that has 1, two or three empty sections while you finish the last section.
the reels will be larger than standard ikg reels in order to cater for the dividers.
production costs would escalate due to the additional material in the reel, and the complexity of filling it with four separate colours.
with a single filament printer, you would have to ensure that the three unused colours didn't unwind and tangle whilst you used the chosen colour
on multimaterial printers you could only use one of the colours at a time because the spool is common to all colours...
there are probably other issues like aging and moisture absorbtion which would be disadvantageous.... and some jobs take more than 250g...
regards Joan
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Re: SUGGESTION: Packs of multicolored PLA
If you are only after small'ish lengths, then many suppliers have 'sampler' packs e.g. https://rigid.ink/collections/all/products/any-5-samples-of-pla-or-abs-1-75mm-or-2-85mm?variant=17364516359
Julian