IdeaFormer-3D Starry PEY+Textured PEI Build Plate for Bambu Lab X1C/X1/P1P/P1S, Double Sided PEY+PEI Spring Steel Plate Sheet 257x257mm for Bambu Labs Series

I had played with the patterned build plates before. They will imprint a bunch of lines in different directions and make the surface look faceted. It is a cool affect, but it is pretty easy to see how it is working. THIS, on the other hand, is pure magic!!! The plate is very colorful with rainbow dots and stars. If you shine an intense light from a flashlight, the effect is even stronger. But who knew it could actually be transferred to the bottom surface of the 3D print!!! This works great! At first I thought that it did not do it, but then under the right angle, the part sparkled with rainbow dots and stars. I tried clear at first-- it was ok-- but a bit hard to see. I then tried black and the pattern was even easier to see. My first print was not that smooth, so I adjusted my build plate a little closer to get a better smear on the build plate and the next one came out looking EXACTLY like the build plate!!! I was amazed! I handed it to several of my coworkers and they were amazed as well. We put it under a microscope and could not see any clues as to how it was working. The stars and dots just appear to float on the surface of the plastic. One thing we heard was that if oil from your hands gets on the surface, the pattern can go away. But, a soft cloth with Isopropyl alcohol takes the oil away and the surface was to completely covered in rainbow dots again. Now I think that I need to find a bunch of cool things to print where the bottom surface is the display surface! So cool! Maybe a communicator shirt pin….1st picture is a clear print, 2nd picture is with black and the 3rd was a close-up. It is really hard to take a picture of just how really cool this looks.Hope this helps.

I purchased this build plate because my Bambu Labs 'cool build plate' was having adhesion problems. I had been washing it in dish soap, roughed it up slightly with steel wool, conditioned it and nothing would help I had to use glue stick on it in order to get any sort of consistency with my prints.Since Ive used this plate I have not had to use any glue for adhesion, I have used it to help release some things but not for for keeping things stuck to the build plate. So the consistancy of my prints has been much better since using this plate.Additionally the holographic design gets embedded into my prints and it looks really cool!

The PEI plate works well. The holographic side does require that it is completely clean and free of all oils at all times. The only way that I have had constant good adhesion it to clean it between each use.

Appears to prefer darker filaments for the special effect. Definitely have to print without glue which then causes some issues with adhesion.I found a slightly lower bed temperature creates a better transfer of the effect.The smooth, high gloss finish is very unique but it doesn’t hide layer lines as well as the texture pei plate. I have not used this textured pei plate though.For the price it’s highly recommended if you are looking for a unique bottom surface.

The media could not be loaded.  I love the pattern it has so beautiful fit perfect in my Bambu lab adhesive also. I am very happy with this product and I couldn’t find no flaws to it. The pattern on the bed is transferred to my 3D print and make it look super cool thank you