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PLA Print Degraded Over Time
(discuss.tchncs.de)
This was an ornament I printed roughly 6 years ago. Being a Christmas ornament it spent most of those 6 years stored in my roof space.
Being in Australia this would have been subject to average temperatures of 30 to 35 degrees c but also peaks across summer approaching 70 degrees c. Also in high humidity.
The PLA crumbles into tiny pieces at the softest touch.
I thought it was interesting that PLA would start to break down in these conditions.
Oh Australia... 🫠
You'd get those kinds of attic temps in many places in the US.
Attics are no place to store stuff, keeping them under 140f in the summer is a challenge
Tis fucking hot and fucking humid, well here in bris anyhow.