Bambu Lab PLA Translucent

Bambu Lab PLA Translucent 1.75mm Filament (1kg)

PLA Translucent is Bambu Lab's tinted, light-transmitting take on standard PLA. Instead of a solid opaque wall, prints carry colour and let light through — so a lamp shade glows in Ice Blue, a sign diffuses an LED strip evenly, and a lithophane picks up depth you simply can't get from opaque filament. It prints at the same easy settings as regular PLA, which makes it a friendly step up for hobbyists, makers, classrooms and small businesses producing display pieces, light covers, model glazing, vases, resin-look props and product mock-ups. No enclosure, no hardened nozzle, no fuss.

Key Features

Light-transmitting tint Beginner-friendly PLA settings ±0.03mm diameter tolerance AMS & RFID compatible Open-source printer friendly 10 colours 1kg spool

Although it's tuned for Bambu Lab X1, P1, A1, H2 and P2 series machines — where the RFID tag loads the correct profile automatically through the AMS — the 1.75mm diameter and standard PLA temperature window mean it runs happily on Prusa, Creality, Elegoo, Anycubic and most other open FDM printers too.

Print Settings

• Nozzle temperature: 200–240°C (start around 220°C)
• Bed temperature: 35–65°C
• Print speed: up to 150 mm/s — slow to 30–60 mm/s when clarity matters
• Cooling: full part cooling for crisp detail; reduce or switch the fan off to fuse layers together and maximise light transmission
• Chamber temperature: 25–45°C — an open-frame printer is fine
• Retraction: 0.6–1.0mm at 20–40 mm/s
• Nozzle: 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 or 0.8mm — larger nozzles give thicker, clearer extrusions

Specifications

MaterialPLA TranslucentDiameter1.75mmSpool Weight1kg (filament with spool)Print Temp200–240°CBed Temp35–65°CDiameter Tolerance±0.03mmDrying50°C for 8h (dryer/oven) or 60–70°C for 12h (heatbed)Colours Available10

Available Colours

Teal (13612) Blue (13611) Purple (13710) Orange (13301) Red (13210) Light Jade (13510) Mellow Yellow (13410) Cherry Pink (13211) Ice Blue (13610) Lavender (13711)

All ten colours share the same specifications and print settings — pick your colour from the dropdown above.

Practical Tips

Chase clarity through geometry, not temperature. The single biggest factor in how clear a translucent print looks is trapped air between extrusions. For light-pipe and lamp parts, set 99% linear infill aligned to one direction, drop top and bottom shells to zero, use 2 wall loops and turn the part cooling fan down — the layers fuse into a denser, glassier wall. Want a frosted glow instead? Do the opposite: normal infill, full cooling, and a 0.2mm layer height.

Keep it dry. Moisture is what turns translucent PLA cloudy and bubbly. Store spools sealed with desiccant below 20% RH, and if a spool has been open on the bench through a humid Australian summer, dry it at 50°C for 8 hours before a display print — the difference in transparency is obvious side by side.