3D Print Inlay Lettering

I show you how I create 3D printed labels with nail polish.
Music:
Intro: Chomatic3Fantasia - Classical Rousing - Kevin MacLeod
Rest: Jazz Apricot - Joey Pecoraro

[@jh9911]

Nice and quick straight to the point, no chit chat.
Thank you 🙏

[@deathdbking]

Thanks so much for the tip! It simply works.

[@sergeb7945]

I had several bad experiences, specially with clear color prints : the nail polish tends to smear through the layers lines and smudge around.
Best workaround is to spray clear acrylic varnish first, to seal the layer lines, then pour the nail polish, and finish with another varnish layer

[@fuzzylogic5038]

That's a great tip. I think I got lucky because I almost exclusively print in black

[@ayylasco]

I use clear UV curable resin for the clear coat. Useful to protect the paint while maintaining the matte finish of matte filament.

[@Purkkaviritys]

have used nail polish on prints before but didn't consider thinning it before with acetone and applying with syringe, nice!

[@adriblanco8041]

I tried this and the results are quite amazing! I needed a couple of tries to not put paint outside the rails, but after that, pretty good.
Thank you for sharing it :)

[@kellyjean4981]

I love this! Thanks for the tips

[@tomasdahuabe]

This technique is really good for making 3d printed enamel pins

[@ivprojects8143]

Great technique! Thanks for sharing.

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks ;)

[@harrygoonix]

Nice job man. There are so many tutorials on youtube that are hard to watch, poorly edited and blurry. This looks like a million bucks.

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thank you so much! That's very kind of you

[@magatsu82]

this is a great idea!

[@torquebiker9959]

looks nice

[@AveryDelMiller]

This is a great video!! Definitely going to give this a try.

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks!

[@johann-space]

great info! been trying for a while but this is for sure a great solution! thanks.

[@janlukes5833]

HaD brought me here. Very good tutorial. Thanks!

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thank you! HaD is the best :)

[@ConsultingjoeOnline]

Beautiful and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@nyeinchanzaw6936]

You illuminate me! Thank you sooooooo much..

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Haha, Thanks :)

[@Rantandreason]

Came for the content
Stayed for the cat ;)

[@adisharr]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing :)

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks :)

[@RealSnail3D]

The cat with the turn table. Nice touch

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks ;)

[@jzarlenn]

Got me subbed. Great work!

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks for the sub!

[@cateyenebula]

Sweet! I used acrylic paint for a current project, but it never looked good. Never thought of nail polish! You just solved my last puzzle piece 🙌

[@Iroc3132]

So using this same method with acrylic won't work as well?

[@cateyenebula]

@@Iroc3132 for me it didn't, but ymmv

[@dj_flavor_dave]

Same experience here with acrylic. I think the volume of water in acrylic makes it shrink up when it dries. When wet it looks great, once it is dry the volume is all gone and does not look good at all.

[@TheSakzzz]

This can also be done with UV cured resin with some pigment added to it. Its thicker, so a bit more difficult to apply.

[@cvz8849]

Where do you get 1ml syringes? There are a bunch in my local parks lying around but I dont see any in stores

[@palavoyz]

You deserve my subscribed!

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thank you! :)

[@wortelus]

High quality guide, thanks man. Just a thought, have you been considering some dedicated cosmetic nail polish thinner instead of acetone? I have heard that the acetone can have negative effects on some nail polishes as it is too aggresive.

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks! I haven't tried it yet but I think it could work.

[@MilkMyth]

Much easier than resin for these small prints

[@ameliabuns4058]

You should try those fancy sparkling etc polishes

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Great Idea!

[@tristin5723]

I've been painstakingly brushing on nail polish for years.... WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS! Thank you! Have you tried inverted so the top will be smooth from the bed?

[@fuzzylogic5038]

I thought about it while painting this one 😂 I will try it on the next one

[@MarclenChin]

damn it.....i need to paint some inlay lettering on an ABS part

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Maybe you could add a couple of coats of clear acrylic paint first and then try it

[@rickseiden1]

This looks great. Where did you get the syringes?

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks! I bought them on Amazon. Look for non medical syringes, they are cheaper.

[@drake919]

Very cool tutorial! Thank you for posting. Would you recommend using something other than acetone for using this method on resin 3D prints?

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Thanks! I haven't tried resin printing yet. You could try aceton free nail polish remover, or switch to a different kind of paint all together. Acrylic with water for example. If you coat it in lacquer it should be fine to handle without smearing.

[@a13111]

great video. Im trying to get the material but can't find bend needle anywhere. Do you have links to your material?

[@fuzzylogic5038]

100 Stück 45 Grad Gebogene Nadeln Stumpfe Spitze Dosiernadel, Industrielle Stumpfe Spitze Flache Nadel mit Luer Lock (25G) www.amazon.de/dp/B08YYPH86N/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_CSKC7M2NG489ZXYA001Y?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
It's german but I hope this helps

[@yurycz8933]

👍

[@nelomedia805]

How does it hold up on PETG in various temperatures that PETG can withstand (automotive environments particularly direct sunlight)

[@fuzzylogic5038]

I don't know, I don't print in PETG. But I imagine the chemicals in an automotive environment could dissolve the nail polish. UV performance might not be so bad.

[@jonny8524123]

What music did you use in the background?

[@fuzzylogic5038]

Hi
Intro: Chomatic3Fantasia - Classical Rousing - Kevin MacLeod
Rest: Jazz Apricot - Joey Pecoraro

[@jonny8524123]

@@fuzzylogic5038 Thank you very much

[@Wasser-fz9ub]

Could you please describe how to bend the letters in any way

[@fuzzylogic5038]

In Fusion360 you can make text follow a path. Just draw a bezier curve in a sketch and stick the text to it.

[@XavierBK]

How... how did you extrude text? I always have to explode it first...

[@userou-ig1ze]

can you use something else than acetone? hard to obtain

[@fuzzylogic5038]

I've bought mine from amazon but standard nail polish remover might also work

[@Duder_abides]

I guess Gel nailpolish is too thick? Might be nice to cure with UV.

[@tigeryorkie07]

You go just WAY to fast with designing it😳

[@richdobbs6595]

This seems to be crying for a way of automating this, using some sort of tool capable of precisely positioning a tool in 3 dimensions.

[@BradKwfc]

Bambu printers and other printers capable of multiple colors can do it.

[@danielv943]

wow, it's not quite, but almost like the writer was aware of this, (not that I think it's a necessary thing to say, since the trouble of stopping a print and changing colors mid print is a hassle, and not everyone has a bamboo printer therefore this is a nice and viable solution) @@BradKwfc

[@miguelorrrr]

mmm ok

[@sierraecho884]

Way too much nail polish. With a model like that you can simply use a 0,1-0,2mm gap, smir the stuff on and then use sand paper so smooth the whole surface.

[@fuzzylogic5038]

If you want a font this big, you need a lot of Nail polish ;) Also, because it's thinned down you need more to get the same amount of pigments.
I've tried the sandpaper approach and didn't get a good surface finish.

[@THETRUTH-DEATHCARDS]

Lol I have a 32 color filament 9D printer you people are way behind time lol, it's like looking at Cave men working on a melting plastic. My machine cost me ? Well I rather not say but I made over $30 Million dollars