## Gold & …..

July 9, 2010

Hi Guys,

Look what I have received.

The left bunny is the finishing we have right now. Do you see the difference….?

Do you like the difference?

What would you use it for?

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### 17 comments

- **Janis Cortese**  
  July 10, 2010 at 12:47 am  
  The smoother the better — I joined Shapeways and installed blender on my computer for the express purpose of making hairtoys — combs and hairsticks.  
  Metal is ALL that is suitable for that for strength purposes (especially for hairtoys for very long hair), and it must be SMOOTH.

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- **Dizingof**  
  July 10, 2010 at 5:57 am  
  Nice…  
  Is that a double plating of gold process? OR *higher resolution* settings on the Stainless Steel printer? 😛  
  Either way it’s great news for jewelry designers – Gold should shine as Gold.

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- **Peter Paul Cornelissen**  
  July 10, 2010 at 7:37 am  
  Hi Janis do you have some samples models of what you do and how smooth you are looking for?  
  @Dizingof Material is currently not available. It has been polished after the plating process.

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- **Ruti**  
  July 11, 2010 at 3:36 pm  
  big difference – the right one looks like gold! critical for jewelry.

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- **David Drummond**  
  July 12, 2010 at 3:46 am  
  Yes, love the difference. If I model a smooth surface, I want the printed surface to be as smooth as possible! Hope to see polish like this in finished products.

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- **Christopher Wilmer**  
  July 13, 2010 at 6:13 pm  
  That’s pretty amazing. When will the objects we print look like that? (i.e., when will this new method be implemented?)

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- **Walter Sharrow**  
  July 17, 2010 at 10:15 pm  
  Oh man… why doesn’t the gold-plated stuff that I got look that shiny? My gold-plated items look like dull paint. I didn’t expect much for $5, but now I’m kinda jealous. Will there be a new, more expensive option for people that want shinier gold plated stuff?

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