CC3D Silk Orange PLA Filament 1.75mm 3D Printer Filament 1KG 2.2 LBS Spool 3D Printing Material Shine Silky Shiny Metallic Metal Gold Silver Copper Bronze PLA Filament

This filament looks pretty darn cool when it comes out right. My first 4-5 prints all failed while I was trying to get the temp mixture right. I found that printing with the nozzle at 215C and the Heated bed at 60C (Using an Ender 3 Pro) yielded the best results.

The media could not be loaded.  I really love the way this stuff prints! It's really smooth and the finish is very cool! BUT it did take a little dialing in to get it to work well. Specifically - this stuff likes to be cooled immediately. Take a look at the attached video for an example. The first segment shows a manual extrusion, no fan. Note how it self-retracts and is a bit rubbery. The 2nd segment is same length but 100% fan. Acts more or less like what you'd expect! Typically with PLA you print 1st layer no fan and subsequent layers with fan, but I'm finding more consistent results by printing all layers with 100% fan.Something else that is really nice about this filament is it handles supports really well. They are easy to separate and the surface is really nice at the interface. All in all this is a really nice filament if you're looking for that "metal" look.

The filament was well packed and the vacuum sealed bag is also a Zip lock. The bag had a desiccant pack inside. The Spool was well wound, and dry.This is a very high pearlescent filament. My experience with these kinds of filament, is that they are softer, but very smooth. They really fight with your extruder. They either grip, or slip. When they slip they are easily worn where the extruder bites in, causing jams. Because of this, I find that higher extruder temps create a less viscous flow and less back pressure. 228ºC on my MK3 is spot on. Other then that my standard PLA profiles work perfectly.The gold is very yellow in color and has a nice presentation. I printed a E-Calibration Vase box and found my E- multiplier was spot on. The 0.40 mm vase mode box was strong, and showed no sign of weakness or layer delamination issues. My first object is currently printing. I don't see anything unexpected or horrific with the filament, I like it and would purchase more, when needed. Extruder 228º Bed 60º speed 70 mm/sec on a Prusa I3 MK3. Note, I use lower Accelerations and Jerk setting, it really makes these kinds of filaments print better.

This is the most gorgeous gold filament I've ever seen! It was super easy to print too. Wow. Just wow. It looks like *real gold*! I've bought four different "gold" filaments and this one is like 1000x better than all of them combined. The others don't even *remotely* look like gold. This one, however, ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE GOLD! It's blowing my mind how amazing this filament looks.Seriously: This stuff is unbelievably good-looking.Printed that vase at 215°C with a hardened steel nozzle on an Original Prusa i3 MK2. If you're using a brass nozzle (like most folks) you'll probably find that 205°C is a better temperature (steel doesn't transfer heat as well as brass).

I bought this filament after reading through the previous reviews, so I knew that I was likely in for a wild ride.The filament was packaged as one would expect with a stiff, resealable plastic bag. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with it at first glance. The filament looked similar to other 'silk' style filaments that I have used in the past, though it felt 'light' to the touch. It's hard to explain, but I have become accustomed to a very solid feeling filament and this felt somehow lighter.The original purpose of this filament was to reproduce a gold angel for a customer without having to sand/refine/paint the pieces. Due to the size requested and the build space of my Monoprice Maker Select, I had to cut it into several pieces to fit it all. I felt confident that I could simply attach everything once it was printed.When the filament printed correctly, it printed beautifully. The yellow mustard color mixed with the silk finish definitely gave an eye-popping result that the customer loved. Unfortunately, that lustre was won through great difficulty and a ton of wasted time and filament. It is, as others have stated, very brittle. I found that anything less than a grid support would simply snap off midway through printing, leaving pieces' success up to fate. This often resulted in malformed, hole-ridden and indecipherable pieces, since the layer adhesion was very, very poor. The grid supports mitigated the issues but left horrible scarring on the pieces that ruined the lustre completely. However it is that they get the 'silk' finish does not translate into the filament, resulting in very dull, ugly spots where supports have touched or where one might sand it. Similarly, when used in a 3D pen, the resulting extrusion is not 'silk' finish at all, making spots where you might use it to weld pieces together dull.I do think it worth mentioning that once the head, arm and horn of the commissioned figure were put together, it got knocked a scant foot from my hand and shattered at the wrist, neck and mouthpiece. The places that I would've expected it to break, such as at the 3D pen welded seams, were not where it broke, but instead at random layers in the print, regardless of thickness or infill. This is the first time I've ever dropped a piece, especially at such a low height, and had it explode into chunks. I was able to heat-smooth the layers with the 3D pen's tip but it left ugly, dull lines that stood out like a sore thumb.Other reviews have mentioned that the filament is great once you 'dial it in' but I was never able to find that secret temperature combination that would keep things running smoothly. Nothing seemed to help make things lay down smoother, join stronger or feed better. In the end, it jammed both my nozzle and my 3D pen, the latter of which was a casualty of the effort, since it could not be taken apart at the heating element without breaking apart the plastic body and desoldering the board.Since I purchased 1KG of this filament, it will stay in my rotation primarily as a 'draft' filament to check the size and shape of my models. I find that it prints okay when the pieces have a broad, flat base that tapers upward and requires no supports, though the previous caveats remain. Anything that is thin or requires bridging or steep overhangs will suffer. Any thin pieces will be very likely to snap off. It responds poorly to ironing, bubbling up strangely in some spots and showing through in others, even with 1.5mm in top layers.I wish the quality of this filament were better or that another company would make a 'silk' filament in a nice mustard color like this. It hurts me to say that I will never trust it to a final piece, and that I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to anyone else looking for a lovely 'gold' straight off the bed.

I had already bought their silky gold filament, which I love, so I decided to try the silver next, and I'm really not disappointed at all.The prints come out really silver, bright and shiny, not the only slightly shiny gray from other "silver" filaments (I've tried 3 different brands so far). Check out the picture, the cube on the left was printed with this silk silver and the one on the right is a Hatchbox silver. I did not use flash, was just standing by the window. This filament really catches the light. Definitely buying more of this in the future.

Product was not too bad however I noticed that the bag was not vacumm sealed which brought up my concerns so I weighed the filament and realized I only had 75 % of the weight they advertised. Unfortunately I had used it but that won't stop me from warning people about this scam. I found on creality and monoprice FB groups that this isn't common and I am very upset. Unless this company responds to me carefully, I will work hard to ensure all 3d printing hobbyists are not scammed by this product.

EDIT:After some prints, I stored the spool in my container which is a dry box bellow 10% humidity for about a month. When I retried it, this time the result was completely different. It printed wonderfully at 205 and was A LOT shinyer then previous prints. So it might be advisable to dry the spool when you receive it.--------------This is not the easiest filament to work with. My basic profile resorted in under extrusion and warping and not sticking to the bed.What worked for me in the end is glass plate with light hairspray, 60 for the bed and 215 for the nozzle. I also lowered the first layer speed by 50% and adjusted my estep a bit because this filament is a bit softer then regular pla. It's also a bit sticky on itself so filament will be tensioned from the spool to the extruder.. Ball-bearing mounted spool is suggested for this one.Once dialed in, this filament is special. Closest to gold color I've seen.Overall pleased with this one and will probably rebuy at the end of this one.4 star because of the price

Has a nice silver colour that looks like a an automotive paint finish almost. Made some hub caps that I am happy with. The little chrome things are magnets, holding up the inner magents while the glue sets in the heat from the bed while printing something else. I only have experience with about 5 brands of PLA and this prints with the least amount of issues. Keep your beds level and stay thirsty my friends.

I printed at 200C but I think this filament requires a slightly higher temperature. I tried to print a model of a motorcycle and there was poor adhesion between layers on some of the intricate details. Lots of zits and small gaps between layers. Simple models printed perfectly though and flat surfaces have a really nice sheen. Obviously, if you're expecting a shiny-like-metal finish, you will be disappointed. But if want something fancy looking this is okay filament.

If you want this colour as a mechanical part, keep in mind it's very brittle.The colour is on point, nothing bad to say about it.Sometimes around corners the filament shines differently, might be darker or lighter, this might cause some weird artefacts, especially looking from the top plane i will try to add a photo soon.