Flexible & rubbery: gaskets, bumpers, grips (black).
Best for
Flexible, rubbery parts: gaskets, bumpers, feet, grips, phone cases and protective covers.
What people make with it
- Gaskets and seals
- Bumpers, feet and anti-slip pads
- Grips and handles
- Phone cases and protective covers
- Cable strain reliefs and flexible hinges
Specs
- Hardness
- Shore 95A (like a shoe sole)
- Flexibility
- Bends and squeezes, springs back
- Abrasion
- Very wear resistant
- Hardness (Shore)
- 64D or 95A; choose on the price page
Typical values for this plastic, rounded. How strong a part is also depends on its shape and the strength you choose.
Good to know
- Only one flexible material per print
- No Heavy strength: very dense TPU stops being flexible
- Softer details are less crisp than rigid plastics
TPU or something else?
- TPU-GFTPU-GF is firmer and keeps its exact size and shape better.
- PEBAPEBA is springier and bounces back better.
- Elastic (PAE10)Elastic resin is much softer (49A) and captures fine detail, in smaller sizes.
Design tips
- How stiff a TPU part feels depends on wall thickness and strength: Economy is squishiest, Strong is firmest.
- Thin walls (1–2 mm) flex easily; thick, solid parts feel like hard rubber.
- Can share a multi-color print with rigid plastics (one flexible material per print).
Not the right choice for
- Tight-tolerance parts: flexible plastics print a little less precisely
- Very soft cushioning (choose TPU Air or PEBA Air)
- Parts that must stay rigid
Colors (6)
- Black
- White
- Translucent Blue · limited run
- Orange
- Unicorn · Gradient · limited run
- Witches Blue · Color-shift
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
TPU is only offered at the strengths above.
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.