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PLA lifespan in water

elwood127

PLA lifespan in water
November 19, 2015 12:30AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 705

Anyone know how long a pla part will survive in water? I printed an extension ring for a shower tile floor to raise the chrome drain up to the tile height and was afraid to use pla.

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elwood127

Re: PLA lifespan in water
November 23, 2015 06:06PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 705

Here is a post on PLA durability. Probably not what you expected. Short read.[www.protoparadigm.com]

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dc42

Re: PLA lifespan in water
November 24, 2015 03:47AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 14,672

It depends on the temperature of the water. My understanding is that is should be fine in water up to 50C or a little higher.

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