#Draft PLA in white, or natural

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slow maple
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Would love a draft PLA that is semi-transparent.

I make a lot of molds and other objects that I want to be able to "inspect" the inside of without being able to actually see it. Currently I print in white and hold it up to a bright light source to look for defects. This works well enough for my needs.
Should be semi-transparent up to about 1mm thick. Other properties are much less important. Draft PLA works well, but it is too opaque for my needs.

Having just a second draft PLA color option would be grand.

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I'd be happy to only be able to buy it in 3-10kg packs as well.

real crater
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White draft would make sense to have, not sure about natural.

slow maple
real crater
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I agree with the need 100%. Having white draft would be incredibly helpful.

novel cloud
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My guess is they can make almost any waste plastic blackish. They can’t take pigment back out.

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I’m thinking about selling recycled draft playdough in grey goo color. I have tones. 🤣

main harbor
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Draft PLA contains filament waste from Polymaker's own production, for any other color than black, they would probably have to start separating waste by color, which would make the product more expensive and defeat its purpose. With black they can probably throw in just a mix of random colors.
There are brands that have different colored recycled filaments (like FormFutura) but I don't feel like that's the strategy Polymaker is going for.

real crater