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the top filament is a regular filament that looks like every filament I have ever extruded. the bottom filament is a glossy gold extruded with the same nozzle. why is it so much thicker? (feddit.nu)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wait, what?

You've extruded into air through a 0.4 nozzle and you got 0.6mm worth of die swell?? That seems excessive for any filament type.
What speed did you extrude that at?

There's just no way I could believe you could extrude into thin air through a 0.4 nozzle and end up with 1.2mm worth of swell of any material, unless it was going through an actual chemical reaction.

Something that expands THAT much after extruding would leave a monumental mess.