<p>A technique I've used in the past is to make a acetone slurry of the same filament used to print your object, and carefully paint the details you need to smooth.  You must be careful and only do a very thin coat or you may damage your print. You can add extra coat if needed to make sure the acetone has evaporatored from the previous coat of ABS filaments slurry.</p>

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2016-01-22T08:00:15.240Z
2016-01-25T20:03:25.620Z
2016-01-25T20:03:25.620Z
Asa D DeBuck
<p>I've been reading and experimenting with Acetone vapour smoothing on some printed ABS parts. My problem is that I need to selectively smoothen the printed parts which vapor smoothing doesn't allow. In particular, the cogs, whose sides I was trying to make smooth ended, up with smooth rounded tips, which was a disappointment.</p>

<p>An example of what I was trying to smoothen is would be something like this: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/wrKpe.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/wrKpe.jpg" alt="example cog"></a></p>

<p>So how can I maintain fine details (like the cog tips in the image above) while applying smoothing methods to printed parts? </p>

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Maintaining fine details while applying smoothing methods
Samveen
# Maintaining fine details while applying smoothing methods

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-22)

I've been reading and experimenting with Acetone vapour smoothing on some printed ABS parts. My problem is that I need to selectively smoothen the printed parts which vapor smoothing doesn't allow. In particular, the cogs, whose sides I was trying to make smooth ended, up with smooth rounded tips, which was a disappointment.

An example of what I was trying to smoothen is would be something like this: [![example cog](https://i.sstatic.net/wrKpe.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/wrKpe.jpg)

So how can I maintain fine details (like the cog tips in the image above) while applying smoothing methods to printed parts?

**Tags:** abs, post-processing, smoothing, vapor-smoothing


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-22. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

A technique I've used in the past is to make a acetone slurry of the same filament used to print your object, and carefully paint the details you need to smooth. You must be careful and only do a very thin coat or you may damage your print. You can add extra coat if needed to make sure the acetone has evaporatored from the previous coat of ABS filaments slurry.


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