<p>You can as PLA is not affected by Limonene (the chemical used to dissolve the HIPS) but it is not recommended as the print temperatures for each material (~180C for PLA and ~230C for HIPS) are quite far apart and the PLA may not stick to the HIPS.</p>

<p>A better choice would be PVA which prints ~185C and dissolves in water but this material has its own set of fun issues.</p>

<p>*Temperatures are estimates, different vendors may have different temperatures.</p>

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<p>I have a question. I have a dual extruder printer and I want to try using HIPS for printing. Can I use PLA as my main material and HIPS for supports?</p>

<p>Searching online I found combinations of ABS + HIPS mentioned. No where is it mentioned that It can be used. </p>

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# Using HIPS as support for PLA printing?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-06)

I have a question. I have a dual extruder printer and I want to try using HIPS for printing. Can I use PLA as my main material and HIPS for supports?

Searching online I found combinations of ABS + HIPS mentioned. No where is it mentioned that It can be used.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-06. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You can as PLA is not affected by Limonene (the chemical used to dissolve the HIPS) but it is not recommended as the print temperatures for each material (~180C for PLA and ~230C for HIPS) are quite far apart and the PLA may not stick to the HIPS.

A better choice would be PVA which prints ~185C and dissolves in water but this material has its own set of fun issues.

\*Temperatures are estimates, different vendors may have different temperatures.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: PolyVinyl Acetate?  
> **username_1**: @NH. PolyVinyl Alcohol  

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