Panchroma™ Glow PLA

Subtle Daytime Appearance, Vibrant Nighttime Glow Panchroma™ Glow offers a natural, understated color in daylight that transforms to reveal a beautiful glowing effect in the dark. This filament adds an element of surprise and visual interest to your prints, making them perfect for creative and functional applications.

Ideal for Decorative and Safety Prints Perfect for artistic models, toys, signage, and safety markers, Panchroma™ Glow ensures your prints stand out when the lights go out without compromising their appearance during the day.

Easy to Print and Reliable Designed for smooth, consistent printing on most FDM/FFF 3D printers, this filament delivers dependable results with standard PLA print settings.

Rebranded for Clarity Formerly known as PolyLite™ Glow PLA, Panchroma™ Glow now carries the trusted formulation and glowing performance under the Panchroma™ brand.

Choose Panchroma™ Glow when you want prints that maintain a natural look in daylight and dazzle with a glowing effect in darkness.

Print Settings

Parameter

Nozzle temperature

190 – 230 (℃)

Build surface treatment

PC and Texture PEI (Glue when needed)

Build plate temperature

25 - 60 (˚C)

Cooling fan

Printing speed

up to 200mm/s

Retraction distance

1 - 3 (mm)

Retraction speed

20 - 40 (mm/s)

Closure Chamber

Not Needed

Recommended support material

PolySupport™ and PolyDissolve™ S1

Drying setting

55˚C for 6h (only if absorbed moisture)

Based on 0.4 mm nozzle. Printing conditions may vary with different nozzle diameters. Hardened nozzle required.

Printing Tips

These glow in the dark materials have an additive that makes them very abrasive. This means you should not print them unless you have a hardened nozzle.

Due to the abrasiveness, we do not recommend printing these in an AMS with plastic gears and tubes.
Other than being abrasive, these materials are standard PLA options and can print with standard PLA settings.
Leave the cooling fan on at full blast for best surface quality.

FAQ

Is there a difference between Panchroma™ Glow PLA and PolyLite™ Glow PLA?

No! This is the same great material - just under a new product family name.

What is the difference between Panchroma™ Glow PLA and Panchroma™ Luminous PLA?

These materials both have the same glow effect, the difference is what color they are before being placed in darkness.

Panchroma™ Glow PLA will be a natural color when not in darkness while Panchroma™ Luminous PLA will be the same color while in light as in the dark.

Is this material abrasive?

Yes - you will need to use a hardened nozzle to print with glow in the dark material. You will also need to be careful with using any AMS style setup as well.

Do I need a larger nozzle?

No! This material will print fine with a 0.4mm nozzle.

Is this material food safe?

Unfortunately we do not have any data whether this material is food safe. As of now, no 3D printing material on the market is FDA food safe compliant. This is because in order to be certified as food safe, the actual object needs to be certified and not the base material. The shape, bed used, environment the object was made, and much more goes into getting a food safety certificate. As of now there is no real certification that the FDA offers for 3D printing.

Is this material AMS compatible?

While the spool will spin great in the AMS, the material is abrasive and may lead to the gears and PTFE tube wearing out too quickly. Therefore we do not suggest using it with the AMS.

Do you sell refills?

We are sorry but we do not sell refills at this time

Is this material recyclable?

Unfortunately there is no great answer for recycling PLA at this time. Our cardboard spools are biodegradable but there is no great way to recycle PLA at this time.

What is Panchroma™?

Panchroma™ is a new family of engineered polymer compounds containing PLA. The formulations are fine tuned for each color/surface finish to offer the best aesthetic quality and printability. They can be reliably printed on any FFF/FDM 3D printer under typical PLA settings. All Panchroma™ products are PLA except for those listed under "experimental".

Can I mix and match effects into a single HueForge print?

This material will mix and match great with all other Panchroma™ effects, except those listed under "experimental".

Printing Requirements