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Even a full colored print deserves the artistic finishing touches. A printed piece can be spray-painted, hand painted for added effects and glossed for the optimized realism. In any case, the first step is to always ensure the model is free of dirt, oil, dust, moisture or defects; otherwise the paint would only have attached itself to the layer of foreign material. For added effects, lightly sand the model down before applying an undercoat to achieve some surface roughness, but without compromising on the details.

The 3D printing industry has seen much changes in 2014, in both the industrial and prosumer scene. Throughout 2014 Creatz3D has uncovered and discovered countless numbers of new 3D printing applications. The hard part comes in determining what is applicable in the local scene? What would Singapore companies or prosumer be interested in? Taking all these into consideration, Creatz3D has come up with “2014 top 5 3D printing industry applications”.