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Protopasta Silk PLA at a glance
Protopasta Silk PLA is PLA filament by Protopasta, a brand from USA. Print it with the nozzle at 190-230 °C and the bed at 50-70 °C. It comes in 16 colours, on 500 g and 1 kg spools.
- Material
- PLA
- Nozzle
- 190-230 °C
- Bed
- 50-70 °C
- Diameter
- 1.75 mm
- Spool sizes
- 500 g and 1 kg
- Colours
- 16
Protopasta Silk PLA colours
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- Artobot Electric Lemonade HT
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- Candy Apple Metallic Red HT
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- Cloverleaf Metallic Green HT
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- Cupid's Crush Metallic Pink HT
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- Double Espresso Metallic Brown HT
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- For the Lulz Metallic Green HT
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- Galactic Empire Metallic Purple HT
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- Good as Gold HT
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- Heartthrob Metallic Red HT
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- Joel's Highfive Blue HT Metallic Blue
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- Luke's Proton Purple HT
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- Mermaid's Tale Metallic Teal HT
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- Nebula Silver Multicolor HT
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- Second to None Silver HT
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- Tom's Tangerine Orange Metallic Gold HT
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- Wonder Blue Rainbow Glitter HT
Where to buy Protopasta Silk PLA
We don't know a shop that sells it yet. Amazon may have it.
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Printers for Protopasta Silk PLA
PLA is a basic material practically every 3D printer prints: 747 of the 747 printers in our catalog print it well. Below are the ones SimplyPrint users print with most.
Protopasta Silk PLA in an AMS, CFS or ACE Pro, and its NFC tag
In a multi-material unit
PLA is the kind of filament multi-material units are made for.
The Open Filament Database doesn't record the spool's size or whether it is cardboard yet: check that it fits your unit.
NFC and RFID tags
Protopasta puts no tag on its spools that we know of. SimplyPrint writes one for the system you use, so the spool works like the system maker's own:
OpenPrintTag: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Prusa printers read it like their own.
QidiTech: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so QIDI printers read it like their own.
OpenSpool: SimplyPrint writes an open OpenSpool tag, which any OpenSpool reader can read.
OpenTag: SimplyPrint writes an open OpenTag tag, which any OpenTag reader can read.
Creality CFS: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Creality printers read it like their own.
Anycubic ACE: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Anycubic printers read it like their own.
ELEGOO Canvas: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so ELEGOO printers read it like their own.
TigerTag: SimplyPrint writes an open TigerTag tag, which any TigerTag reader can read.
Bambu Lab and Snapmaker U1 tags are signed by the printer maker, so we can't write them, but we can write the others. On those printers, SimplyPrint keeps track of the spool instead.
Protopasta Silk PLA slicer profiles
No slicer has a profile of its own for it that we know of. Start from your slicer's generic PLA profile and set the temperatures above.
Protopasta Silk PLA specifications
Temperatures, material and spools, as Protopasta gives them in the Open Filament Database.
Printing
| Nozzle temperature | 190-230 °C |
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| Bed temperature | 50-70 °C |
| Hardened nozzle | Not listed as abrasive |
Material
| Material | PLA |
|---|---|
| Properties | Silk, High temperature; some colours: Glitter, Iridescent, Gradient, Translucent |
| Density | 1.24 g/cm³ |
| Brand from | USA |
Spools
| Diameter | 1.75 mm |
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| Spool sizes | 500 g and 1 kg |
| Colours | 16 |
| Refills without a spool | Unknown |
Is this data wrong? Edit it in the Open Filament Database: the fix reaches this page with the next import. The filament's file on GitHub
Compare Protopasta Silk PLA with similar filaments
The same kind of filament from other brands, with a similar finish and temperatures, that you can buy.
Frequently asked questions
What temperature do I print Protopasta Silk PLA at?
Protopasta gives a nozzle temperature of 190-230 °C and a bed temperature of 50-70 °C. Start in the middle of the range and adjust for your printer.
Which 3D printers can print Protopasta Silk PLA?
Practically any: PLA is a basic material nearly every 3D printer prints, and 747 of the 747 printers in our catalog print it well.
Does Protopasta Silk PLA have an NFC or RFID tag?
Not from Protopasta, as far as we know. SimplyPrint can write a tag for it for the OpenPrintTag, QidiTech, OpenSpool, OpenTag, Creality CFS, Anycubic ACE, ELEGOO Canvas and TigerTag, so the spool works like the system maker's own.
Is there a slicer profile for Protopasta Silk PLA?
Not one of its own that we know of. Use your slicer's generic PLA profile with the temperatures above.
Filament data: the Open Filament Database, an open, community-kept catalog that SimplyPrint helps run. Usage figures, printer ratings and NFC support are SimplyPrint's own.