A solid mid-blue spool of Creality’s standard ABS, useful where a part needs to be identifiable rather than invisible. Workshops colour-code by material or by revision, and coloured ABS makes that obvious at a glance without anyone printing labels. Mechanically it is the same tough, slightly springy engineering plastic as the rest of the range: it shrugs off knocks that would crack PLA, machines cleanly and bonds well with solvent. Like all ABS it wants a warm, still chamber while it prints, so an enclosure, or at minimum a closed door and no open window, pays for itself in corners that stay down.
Specifications
| Material | ABS |
|---|---|
| Colour | Blue |
| Diameter | 1.75mm |
| Spool weight | 1kg |
| Nozzle temperature | 240-260 °C |
| Bed temperature | 90-100 °C |
| Print speed | Up to 120 mm/s |
| Brand | Creality |
Temperatures and speeds are recommended starting points for this material. Fine-tune them to your printer and your part.
Before you print
Print in an enclosure. ABS warps and splits in a draught, and it needs ventilation.
Good for
- Colour-coded jigs and fixtures
- Revision-marked iterations of a prototype
- Model and hobby parts in blue
- Visible brackets and mounts
