PolyMaker PolyWood 600g

PolyWood™ is a wood mimic filament without actual wood powder, which removes all risks of nozzle clogs. PolyWood™ is made entirely with PLA using a special foaming technology. It exhibits the same density and appearance as wood.

PolyWood™ features Polymaker's Jam-Free™ technology and Polymaker's Stabilized Foaming™ technology:

Jam-Free™ - Jam-Free™ technology improves the heat stability of Polymaker’s PLA filaments with softening temperatures over 140 °C. As a result, Polymaker’s PLA filaments show minimal softening in the “cold end” and can melt rapidly once entering the heating zone, leading to excellent printing quality with zero risk of nozzle jams.

Stabilized Foaming™ - Stabilized Foaming™ technology is used to produce foamed filaments, whose foam structure can survive the printing process and be inherited by the printed parts. This enables light weight 3D printed parts with unprecedented surface finish.

Features:

Light Weight - PolyWood™ is a first of it's kind light weight foam PLA designed to mimic the weight of real wood! PolyWood™ is 35- 40% lighter than regular PLA, only weighing 0.8 g/cm³!

Attractive Surface Finish - The Stabilized Foaming™ technology in PolyWood™ delivers an incredible matte surface finish which makes it a unique material choice for aesthetic applications such as architectural models, figurines, gaming dioramas, decoration or lifestyle parts.

Wood with no mess - Instead of using wood to mimic wood, Polymaker developed a unique foaming technology to deliver a material that mimics wood structurally. PolyWood™ is composed entirely of polymers. The Results? Excellent print quality without the risk of nozzle jams associated with other wood filaments..

Uncompromised Quality - With Polymaker's leading quality control process and rigorous in-house testing, you can rest assured that PolyLite™ PLA will produce beautiful, reliable and accurate printed parts.

Wood-like materials are a unique category of 3D printing filaments specifically designed to mimic the look and texture of real wood. PolyWood™ like many other wood mimic filaments uses PLA as it's base material which is one of the most popular base materials due to its low printing requirements and excellent dimensional stability.

PolyWood™ offers some unique differences to other commercially available solutions, specifically designed to solve many problems faced when printing other wood-like filaments..

• Features no real wood particles, delivering a wood mimic material with less clogging and hassles.
• Features Polymakers Stabilized Foaming™ technology which delivers an incredible surface finish and filament which is 35- 40% lighter than regular PLA.
• Features Polymakers Jam-Free™ technology to prevent heat creep related jamming.
• Minimal printing requirements.
• Exhibits excellent dimensional stability for large 3D printing projects.

 PolyWood™​ features no real wood particles, delivering a wood mimic material with less clogging and hassles.

Unlike commercially available wood-powder based filaments, Polymaker took a unique approach with PolyWood™ to deliver a more user friendly wood mimic filament composed entirely of polymers. Wood powder in other wood-like filaments (often present in large amounts) tends mess up the flow properties of the polymer melt, resulting in poor printing quality. Furthermore poorly dispersed wood powder can even jam the extruder on your printer, which will never happen for PolyWood™.

PolyWood™ is 35- 40% lighter than regular PLA, only weighing 0.8 g/cm³! 

PolyWood™ was the first 3D printable foam filament of it's kind, printing with a porous structure which mimics the grainy texture and weight of real wood. This structure enables PolyWood™ to print parts 35- 40% lighter than regular PLA. Polymakers Stabilized Foaming™ technology stabilizes the air bubbles inside the material so you can maintain the porous structure during and after printing. 

Whether it be to print wood-mimic architecture models, beautiful household lifestyle projects or even insulation applications which utilize the intrinsic foamy structure, PolyWood™ is a popular choice for hobbyists, professionals and educators thanks to it's unique aesthetic properties, light weight performance and excellent print reliability.

The Stabilized Foaming™ technology in PolyWood™ delivers an incredible matte surface finish.

PLA based filaments are recognized as one of the most beginner friendly materials but with some 3D printers susceptible to heat creep, that reliable experience with PLA isn't shared by everyone. Polymakers Jam-Free™ technology is engineered to provide an easier solution to heat creep by increasing the softening temperature of the filament.

PolyWood™ has minimal warping and shrinking compared to other materials, perfect for applications featuring flat surfaces and hard angles, or requiring tight tolerances for fit.

Printing Settings

Based on 0.4 mm nozzle. Printing conditions may vary with different printers and nozzle diameters.

Like other foam PLA filaments, PolyWood™ can tend to have more stringing than regular PLA which is relatively easy to remove with tweezers or a scalpel. To reduce stringing during printing we recommend to adjust the retraction settings and increase the print head travel speed.

STORAGE & DRYING

Before packaging, PolyWood™ is dried to ensure the best printing quality and filaments are vacuum sealed to protect the filament from moisture. When not in use PolyWood™ should be stored away from sunlight in the packaged resealable bag.

Like other PLA filaments, PolyWood™ is susceptible to absorbing moisture from the air which can subsequently effect the quality and mechanical properties of the final prints. We recommend storing PolyWood™ in the PolyBox™ or a dry cabinet during printing to prevent moisture absorption which will lower the quality of the print. The PolyBox™ keeps the filament at dry conditions (relative humidity of 15% or less). 

If you hear popping sounds and notice that the surface quality of your print is uneven or the color is not consistent, this is a likely indicator that the filament has absorbed too much moisture. Spools of PolyWood™ can be dried in a preheated convection oven at 70˚C for up to 8 hours. Results may vary depending on the accuracy of your oven so please be conservative.

Specification

Technical Data

All testing specimens were printed under the following conditions: Nozzle Temperature = 195˚C, build plate temperature = 60˚C, infil = 100%, cooling fan = ON
All specimens were conditioned at room temperature for 24h prior to testing.

We have full MDS and technical data sheets for PolyWood™ and all other Polymaker products.

The typical values presented in Polymakers data sheet are intended for reference and comparison purposes only. Due to the nature of 3D printing they should not be used for design specifications or quality control purposes.

Compatibility

PolyWood™ has been engineered with compatibility in mind to print excellently on a wide range of 3D printers. 

Of course with thousands of unique 3d printer models on the market, we can't guarantee each filament type will work with every 3D printer.