# White SLS material **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\ **Created:** [February 18, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786 "2024-02-18T17:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteamFactory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/steamfactory/32/19952_2.png) [@SteamFactory](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SteamFactory)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/1 "2024-02-18T17:02:51Z")
Any chance we could see white SLS material in the future for the Fuse? Especially polypropylene. White would be a great basis for dyeing prints, let alone many med device companies want white stuff. ---
**Author:** ![SteamFactory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/steamfactory/32/19952_2.png) [@SteamFactory](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SteamFactory)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/3 "2024-02-18T17:20:03Z")
Materialize offers PA-12 white, so someone out there knows how to do it: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/6/e/6e913f1a9b21670b755d0ee67c59771b81a7cd81.png) ---
**Author:** ![SteamFactory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/steamfactory/32/19952_2.png) [@SteamFactory](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SteamFactory)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/5 "2024-02-18T17:25:29Z")
yes. If you think about it, it’s not necessary to burn the material, just melt it. Not sure what sort of magic that requires. Would be good to hear a technical explanation from our friends at Formlabs. ---
**Author:** ![SteamFactory](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/steamfactory/32/19952_2.png) [@SteamFactory](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SteamFactory)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/6 "2024-02-18T17:29:26Z")
Interesting article on a competing product that can print white parts. There’s a bit of an explanation in the text. And this article came out in 2017! And a little more research on this, the Natrual Robotics machine mentioned seems to have flopped. > **[White parts from a desktop laser sintering 3D printer](https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-industry-insights/white-parts-from-a-desktop-laser-sintering-device/)** > > At formnext powered by TCT Daniel O'Connor met up with Natural Robotics to take a look at some of the parts it is managing to achieve with its 40W CO2 laser, almost unheard of power on the desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_J\_ST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8baadc/32.png) [@Victor\_J\_ST](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Victor_J_ST)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/7 "2024-02-20T01:42:17Z")
Formlabs seems to prefer grey powders, and I haven’t heard of any plans to release other colors. ---
**Author:** ![Paolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Paolo](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Paolo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/8 "2024-04-05T07:56:56Z")
You need at minimum a 60w laser to print white material, I guess ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-sls-material/37786/9 "2024-10-04T19:57:33Z")
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