Like ABS, but outdoor-rated: won't fade or yellow in sun.
Best for
Outdoor parts: garden and car-exterior parts, signs, mounts and covers that live in the sun and rain.
What people make with it
- Garden, patio and pool parts
- Car-exterior trim, mirror and antenna mounts
- Outdoor signs and housings
- Mounts for cameras, lights and sensors outdoors
Specs
- Softens at
- About 95 °C / 203 °F
- Outdoors
- Excellent: won't fade or yellow in sun
- Impact
- Good
Typical values for this plastic, rounded. How strong a part is also depends on its shape and the strength you choose.
Good to know
- Can warp on large or long parts (we suggest a fiber-filled plastic when that's likely)
- For heavily loaded outdoor parts, PET-CF is stiffer
ASA or something else?
- ABSSame heat and toughness as ABS, but made to stay in the sun.
- PET-CFPET-CF is stiffer for outdoor parts carrying real load.
- PETGPETG costs less and is fine with some sun, but ASA lasts longer outdoors.
Design tips
- Choose Strong for outdoor parts that take wind or load.
- Round corners on large flat parts to keep them flat.
Not the right choice for
- Large or long flat parts, which can warp (choose PET-CF)
- Heavily loaded outdoor parts (choose PET-CF)
Colors (11)
- Black
- White
- Gray
- Red
- Blue
- Yellow
- Green
- Orange
- Brown
- Army Brown
- Olive Brown
Screen colors are a guide; the real plastic can look slightly different.
Strength options
Plastic parts aren’t solid inside. You choose how much plastic goes into each part:
- EconomyLightest, lowest cost
- BalancedEveryday strength
- StrongExtra walls & fill, for parts under load
- HeavyStrongest; dense enough to sink
Which one? Economy for models and fit checks, Balanced for everyday parts, Strong for parts under load (brackets, mounts, gears), Heavy for small solid parts that take big loads and for anything that lives underwater. More strength costs more: it uses more plastic and printer time.