Ender 3 Customization Part 1: Painting
Part 1: Painting the main housing and extruder motor. Recently I decided to do a full over-haul upgrade of my Ender 3. This video series is mainly for the hack-a-day page found here: https://hackaday.io/project/184183-ender-3-blv-v6-edition What started off as a Linear Motion Mod for the Ender 3 has somehow transitioned into making custom paint. I'm just as confused as you are on how we got here, but I love the results and knowledge XP gained on this Easter Egg of a side quest. Well, actually, two types of paint were needed. The metal paint is a (hopefully) automotive grade blend of enamels that are baked on. The plastic paint is a blend of acrylics and modified enamels that get "baked" on with the low setting of a heat gun in constant motion. Both using artisan grade pigments in high concentration that results in a vibrancy I couldn't match with paint that would be considered remotely affordable.
Part 1: Painting the main housing and extruder motor. Recently I decided to do a full over-haul upgrade of my Ender 3. This video series is mainly for the hack-a-day page found here: https://hackaday.io/project/184183-ender-3-blv-v6-edition What started off as a Linear Motion Mod for the Ender 3 has somehow transitioned into making custom paint. I'm just as confused as you are on how we got here, but I love the results and knowledge XP gained on this Easter Egg of a side quest. Well, actually, two types of paint were needed. The metal paint is a (hopefully) automotive grade blend of enamels that are baked on. The plastic paint is a blend of acrylics and modified enamels that get "baked" on with the low setting of a heat gun in constant motion. Both using artisan grade pigments in high concentration that results in a vibrancy I couldn't match with paint that would be considered remotely affordable.