# A Painted Obelisk

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24>\
**Category:** Projects & Prints\
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24 "2013-05-01T17:50:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Martin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Martin)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/1 "2013-05-01T17:50:49Z")

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I just had a great result I wanted to share printing a model of Cleopatra’s Needle &nbsp;( [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20271](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20271)) and then painting it with a flat white Krylon Fusion spray paint.

Attached you can see the object in clear and with its new coat of paint. &nbsp;The Krylon Fusion really works very well. &nbsp;I’ve found that you do need to wait a bit, though, for the object to fully dry before you paint it to get the best results. &nbsp;Other than that, I just do two (thin) coats to make sure I get good coverage without covering up the fine details.

![](https://support.formlabs.com/attachments/token/r4sux5ckne8bc5p/?name=2013-05-01+10.48.42+HDR.jpg)

![](https://support.formlabs.com/attachments/token/aleiw01u6x52x2e/?name=2013-05-01+13.43.44.jpg)

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**Author:** ![MarkScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@MarkScott](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MarkScott)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/2 "2013-05-01T18:38:23Z")

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Could you upload the .stl file to your original post?

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**Author:** ![WilsonLau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@WilsonLau](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/WilsonLau)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/3 "2013-05-07T21:52:24Z")

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Hi Martin…I don’t have access to the software to know the printing time.&nbsp; How long did it take to printing that object?

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**Author:** ![ChrisPeters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ChrisPeters](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ChrisPeters)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/4 "2013-05-08T13:26:21Z")

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Mark, click in the thingiverse link that Martin posted to download the file&nbsp;( [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20271](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20271)). Great print Martin… Amazing the detail the Form1 can produce.

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**Author:** ![FabienJOUAULT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FabienJOUAULT](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/FabienJOUAULT)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/5 "2013-05-14T01:53:20Z")

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This looks great! Congratulations!

I would be more than happy to get some information about this manufacturing. Can you tell us the layer thickness and the time to do this?

Thanks Martin and keep up! Your posts are the best!

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**Author:** ![DougRidenour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DougRidenour](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/DougRidenour)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/a-painted-obelisk/24/6 "2013-06-04T07:03:31Z")

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Martin, great model and print. The pre-painted clear print would be sweet with a directed light at the base.