Cheap red PLA is actually orange --> LR4

[orob]

I am building my 3rd LR4… for a friend. They pick up the amount of the parts I don’t have on hand and for me it is donating parts as a way of subsidizing the hobby for others to get in. Helps me thin out my pile of parts that I don’t want to throw away and my printer is making me smile as it cranks out more and more quality parts. What’s not satisfying about that?

So I learned about the plate function in orcaslicer… that was super cool:

Used 3 rolls of red:

an mpcnc was retired in this process to provide hardware and electronics:

[DougJoseph (Doug Joseph (design8studio))]

Great thing you’re doing there!

Yep, color matching is hard, and I’ve run into several brands where “red” was indeed orange.

[JkJCreates (Josh)]

Colour matching can be tricky with different brands. The red I got IS red, but yet it is a red that wants to grow up to be orange, I honestly don’t know how else to explain it lol it’s red but yet florescent orange glow

Might be harder to tell in picture form

[orob]

I’m using the el cheapo reds off of amazon. Ironically, the cheapest one is more red than the next-cheapest I have found, but now I can’t get it anymore.

[orob]

If you make silver hex peter plates the orange/red is less of an issue