Finishing Up. Now that you know how to clean up your 3D printed parts by sanding, you now have the options of painting. This will be a topic we will be covering soon, so be sure to be on the lookout. For more useful 3D printing tips check out these articl

Helping hands also work really well. Especially if you mask areas you can use the masking tape to hold the 3D print as shown in the picture on the right. You can see how nice and smooth the pieces can turn out. The horn was printed with a layer height of

As this in an introduction to finishing PLA, this list is non-exhaustive of the techniques you can learn to clean up your 3D prints. More tools can be used, small tips can be learned, and starting with a good model are all techniques you can use to produc