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SUNLU Multi-Color Silk PLA

PLA · Silk

Colors

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Specifications

Nozzle temperature205–215 °C
Bed temperature50–65 °C
Print speed60–120 mm/s
Density1.24 g/cm³

Description

SUNLU Multi-Color Silk PLA is a silky PLA+ that packs two, three, or even four colors into a single spool. The colors blend along the strand, so prints shimmer and shift hue as you change viewing angle — all on a regular single-extruder machine. The silk surface is glossy out of the box and needs no polishing. SUNLU rates this PLA+ at 50 times the toughness of standard PLA: it flexes without snapping and shrugs off impacts better than plain PLA.

Print Settings

  • Nozzle temperature: 205–215 °C
  • Bed temperature: 50–65 °C
  • Print speed: 60 mm/s for the cleanest sheen, up to 120 mm/s with tuned retraction
  • Diameter tolerance: ±0.02 mm, 1 kg spool (1.75 mm)
  • No all-metal hotend or hardened nozzle needed — the material isn't abrasive

This line shines for decorative models, statues, vases, cosplay props, and gifts where a color-shifting look matters without painting. It runs on any FDM printer that handles PLA — Bambu Lab, Creality, Anycubic, Prusa, Elegoo. It ships vacuum-sealed with two desiccant packs, so the spool is print-ready straight from the box.

FAQ

The colors are dyed along the filament length and blend gradually into each other. The printer extrudes a single strand as usual, and the colors transition across the model as the filament feeds — a gradient with no second extruder and no spool swaps.