A foodsafe Rice Paper Printing surface. (abs [with residual heat] and PLA stick very well) by burtdonalds

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is mainly aimed at persons who intend to print with sugar or other foods.
I recently discovered that you can use rice paper sheets (the kind you buy in the super market) to print on. They can be used for multiple purposes besides printing; so they are really handy to keep on hand in the cupboard. They are destroyed with each print so it's a good thing they come in large packs at low cost. I haven't build a sugar extruder myself yes so I can't test the adheasion of those items.
But, I can confirm.
PLA and ABS easily bond to it.
ABS adheres even after the heated bed has been turned off. (PLA would likely do the same, but I haven't tested it in this manor)
I had instant success using them dry out of the package, but when I wet them they layed very flat (I didn't even adjust my Z) which was great (like a layer of skin, think spring roll with lightly embedded filament).
CAUTION!!!:The surface tension combined with the heat can cause a catastrophic failure of the rice sheet and it could shatter if left drying longer then needed on the heated bed You need to shutoff the heater once it is 99% dry start the print or just use it from the package, afterwards I then just let the print complete with the residual heat from the platform.
Best of luck with your delectable creations.