I got a bad batch. The ABS was mixed with some other thermoplastic, possibly PLA but it could be anything. I only found out when I tried to dissolve some in acetone. ABS plastic dissolves completely in acetone leaving you with a mixture that you can use as glue on your heatbed, or to glue two pieces of ABS together. You can also use acetone vapor to chemically polish the surface of an ABS printed part, it's one of the great reasons for using ABS to print. This filament did not dissolve completely, there were strands of another plastic left behind that acetone does not dissolve. No matter how long I left it to dissolve, this other plastic remained, contaminating the whole bottle and making a mess. So the filament is defective and I'm returning two rolls of it. Hopefully this is just a single bad batch and not representative of the product as a whole. I tried to attach a picture of the strands left behind next to another brands ABS but anytime I attach it my review is not accepted..
I got a bad batch. The ABS was mixed with some other thermoplastic, possibly PLA but it could be anything. I only found out when I tried to dissolve some in acetone. ABS plastic dissolves completely in acetone leaving you with a mixture that you can use as glue on your heatbed, or to glue two pieces of ABS together. You can also use acetone vapor to chemically polish the surface of an ABS printed part, it's one of the great reasons for using ABS to print. This filament did not dissolve completely, there were strands of another plastic left behind that acetone does not dissolve. No matter how long I left it to dissolve, this other plastic remained, contaminating the whole bottle and making a mess. So the filament is defective and I'm returning two rolls of it. Hopefully this is just a single bad batch and not representative of the product as a whole. I tried to attach a picture of the strands left behind next to another brands ABS but anytime I attach it my review is not accepted..