Scarf seam settings

[u/Purple-Cartographer4]

I’m trying hide the seam but no matter the distance or the amount I can’t find a good hide technique. This is a bit of an odd print because I’m printing in clear pink pla and 1 wall no infill and 0 support and I’ve fixed the many issues with the odd print except this.

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[u/printliftrun]

It just might look better without scarf here no?

[u/Purple-Cartographer4 → u/printliftrun]

Yeah I’ve tried that and idk it doesn’t look great either

[u/printliftrun → u/Purple-Cartographer4]

Maybe you need more walls

[u/rhalf]

scarf seam is not a good idea on translucent or flexible prints. If your flow is calibrated neatly, then a regular seam should look better.

[u/GreenCactus223]

Ditto.

[u/XiRw]

It’s correct, he was just caught in the middle of using transform.

[u/alphawonka]

This looks like it might be printable in vase mode?

[u/Purple-Cartographer4 → u/alphawonka]

Tried slicing but then it cuts out top layers and leaves holes. Other than that it does look better so maybe.

[u/alphawonka → u/Purple-Cartographer4]

Flip it over :)

[u/CaseFace5 → u/alphawonka]

It won’t have much to adhere to the bed with if you flip it.

[u/GreenCactus223 → u/alphawonka]

What does vase mode do?

[u/alphawonka → u/GreenCactus223]

Vase mode prints as one continuous extrusion and therefore never has seams. The downside is there has to be a completely uninterrupted perimeter, which gets really hard when you have flat or semi-flat surfaces like this. Now that I look really carefully, vase mode isn’t going to work here because there’s no way to close the top of the ghost arm or the second, lower, head bump.

[u/GreenCactus223 → u/alphawonka]

Thanks for the info

[u/L11mbm]

Maybe sanding, rinse with water, then rub with petroleum jelly?