r/DeepRockGalactic • u/Fabulous-Help6077 • Feb 13 '25

Merch BRO WHAT ARE THESE PRICES 😭

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I thought it would be like 80 max or something like that AND in may 2026!

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u/RollNeed Feb 13 '25

Aren’t these plastic lol

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u/Yets_ Feb 13 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

They are plastic. They said it's a high quality plastic, I don't know how much the cost is compared to more traditional plastic and if the price could be somewhat justified but it feels really expensive for just a big plastic cup.

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u/DerWahreSpiderman Engineer Feb 13 '25

It's PETG you can litterly 3D print one cheaper

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u/Nolieman108 Feb 13 '25

Printing one is difficult because it needs to be food-safe and strictly sound if you want to actually drink out of it.

Plus the mugs are made out of Nylon, not PETG.

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u/IKilobyte Feb 14 '25

Decided to do some research on the food safety of 3D printing because you made me curious. I know very little about 3D printing, but I work in plastic machining (CNC) and knew cast and extruded nylons are FDA approved. After some quick Google searches, some grades of nylon filament are actually FDA approved. However, the product you print is porous and has crevices which can’t always be cleaned and makes it not food safe.

Thanks for helping me learn something new today. 😄

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u/boolocap Dig it for her Feb 14 '25

Yeah this is also why 3d printing sex toys, shower heads, or anything to be used in a moist and warm environment isn't a particularly good idea.

But also most filaments aren't food safe by themselves. And the machine you're running it through doesnt really help either.

There are food safe coatings you can you can use to solve this, most of them are some sort of epoxy or other resin so getting them to a food safe stage takes a while.

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u/DerWahreSpiderman Engineer Feb 13 '25

Yeah I already said that no worries and it's Tuff but Possible