this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
14 points (100.0% liked)

General Discussion

425 readers
95 users here now

Discuss anything GunCAD related. If you need help, see /c/help. If you think you're discussing a thing a lot of the time, consider making your own separate community.

Abide by the global rules or be smitten.

Shitty stock image may be changed at moderator discretion.

founded 2 months ago
MODERATORS
14
PPA-CF vs PA6-CF? (forum.guncadindex.com)
submitted 2 months ago by ItsBildo to c/general
 

PPA-CF vs PA6-CF?

Does anyone have experience printing PPA-CF and PA6-CF? I had read that "PPA-CF is 48% stronger" than PA6 if you get good layer adhesion, but I'm seeing conflicting info regarding impact resistance. Anyone have input who's printed and used both?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kopsis 1 points 1 month ago

That's true for every filament. None of the PA6 is just PA6. Same for PLA. PETG can vary wildly in how much glycol gets replaced. The list goes on. But in all those cases, the name accurately identifies the base chemistry. That is in stark contrast to the name PAHT which doesn't even give you that much.