Super Soft TPU by FOAMING! - colorFabb varioShore TPU

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VarioShore TPU contains a blowing agent that will foam up this 3D printing material during printing. This leads to a lower density of the material and also a significant increase in softness. Let's find out how well this material really performs and how it's hardness compares to other 3D printing materials.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:12 colorFabb varioShore TPU
03:00 Material tuning
04:39 Print quality
05:08 Hardness Testing
10:52 Varying Hardness with Infill
11:50 Summary
13:11 Water absorbtion
13:51 Promotion
15:31 Outro

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[lltv]

Perhaps also very interesting for thermal insulation in a print.

[tom_zanna]

Perfect pronunciation of "al dente". Thumbs up!

[marsgizmo]

excellent insights, as always, excellent video Stefan! 👌😎

[aerball]

I bought some of this about a month ago and havent gotten to use it because I wasnt ready to do a bunch of testing. Thanks for doing all the work for us and recording the whole process!!! Hahaha

[eclipsonairplanes]

Good job Stefan as usual ;). This material is the best that we have found to build the big tundra wheels for our next rc bush plane project, not only because it is light but also because its softness provides a great shock absorption which is ideal to absorb the energy of hard landing.

[tanvach]

I’ve been using Varioshore TPU for a bunch of projects. It’s an amazing material, love the soft touch feel. Stringing / oozing is definitely a pain compared to other flexible filaments.

[Mrcaffinebean]

Pretty amazing how the filament companies keep coming up with more and more interesting stuff. Great video!

[TodayInSpace]

Just about to start printing with colorFabb varioshore TPU! Thank you for the GREAT breakdown. Saving me a bunch of time and more time to focus on the part we're making!
Thanks as always Stefan!

[aman]

I love the benchy thrown into the bowl of water floating sideways haha

[headbanger]

I really appreciate the extensive and careful testing.

[JohnJones-oymd]

0:12 - Mitutoyo tools. This guy is not fooling around.

[nicholascarella]

I bought this filament because of this video. This video was so helpful. Thank you!

[Daarispieter]

Another great video, Stefan! As a mechanical engineer from a research institute I just love your scientific approach!

[clausnymann]

That is BRILLIANT! I was looking for some way of doing a 3D print with one end harder (for mounting) and the other softer (for application.) Now I can simply print each end at different temperatures.

[Scott_C]

Make a paper airplane or a glider with the "lightest" version of the foaming TPU.

[alberto.zanardo]

Mate this type of videos are so useful! I'm grateful that this kind of content is available for free. Keep it up!

[sanches]

This investigation... was awesome! Thank you

[PurchenZuPoden]

Warmest belated congratulations on the birth of your child! I wish you guys the best!

[Scott_C]

Can you "post expand" the fillament? Eg: use a heat gun or soldering iron or oven to expand the TPU only in spot locations after the object has been printed?