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How do sparkle and galaxy filaments print?
By SSS
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- Nozzle190–230 °C(374–446 °F)
- Bed35–45 °C(95–113 °F)
- Speed—
- Dry55 °C · 8 h(131 °F)
- Density1.26 g/cm³
Nozzle, Bed, Drying. Source: Bambu Lab TDS · Last checked 15 October 2026
Ranked filaments
| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Datasheet | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bambu Lab · PLA Sparkle | 190–230 °C374–446 °F | 35–45 °C95–113 °F | Datasheet | |
Technical data sheet checked 18 October 2026 lists a nozzle of 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F), drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 8 h, and diameter 1.75 mm ± 0.03 mm. The hardened-nozzle cell on the row is empty. Bambu's filament guide, read 25 October 2026, is the page that asks for hardened steel. | |||||
| 2 | Bambu Lab · PLA Galaxy | 190–230 °C374–446 °F | 35–45 °C95–113 °F | Datasheet | |
Technical data sheet checked 18 October 2026 lists a nozzle of 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F), drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 8 h, diameter 1.75 mm ± 0.03 mm, and a print speed up to 250 mm/s. The hardened-nozzle cell is empty. | |||||
| 3 | ELEGOO · Galaxy PLA | 190–230 °C374–446 °F | 35–65 °C95–149 °F | — | |
US product page checked 17 October 2026 lists a nozzle of 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F), drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h, and a print speed up to 200 mm/s. Diameter tolerance on the row is 0.02 mm. Hardened nozzle is not stored. | |||||
| 4 | Prusament · PLA | 205–225 °C401–437 °F | 40–60 °C104–140 °F | — | |
Open Filament Database, dataset imported 13 October 2026, lists a nozzle of 205–225 °C (401–437 °F) and a bed of 40–60 °C (104–140 °F). Galaxy Black, Galaxy Purple, and the other Galaxy names are colors on this PLA row, not a separate product with its own nozzle. | |||||
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Sparkle is a PLA temperature with a particle argument on top. Silk, metal-filled filament, and which nozzle already cover the look-alike cases. The temperatures below are the sheets. The nozzle instruction is the guide, and the comments disagree with it.
Sheets, then the nozzle note
Bambu PLA Sparkle lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F), and drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 8 h. Diameter is 1.75 mm ± 0.03 mm. Sheet checked 18 October 2026. Bambu PLA Galaxy lists the same nozzle, bed, and drying, plus a print speed up to 250 mm/s. ELEGOO Galaxy PLA lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–65 °C (95–149 °F), drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h, and speed up to 200 mm/s, product page checked 17 October 2026. Prusament PLA lists 205–225 °C (401–437 °F) and a bed of 40–60 °C (104–140 °F), dataset imported 13 October 2026. Galaxy Black and Galaxy Purple are color names on that row.
Bambu's filament guide, read 25 October 2026, groups PLA Sparkle with marble, glow, and fiber fills. It says to use hardened steel. For most of those fills the first choice is 0.6 mm and the second is 0.4 mm. For Bambu PLA Sparkle the first choice is 0.4 mm hardened steel. The guide's standard-PLA definition includes silk and excludes sparkle. None of the four catalog rows stores hardened-nozzle as true. The guide is a separate page from the sheet.
What the community says
a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting says 0.4 mm brass should be fine because the manufacturer does not indicate hardened steel.
a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting: A comment says the particles cannot be felt and brass works.
a Reddit thread in r/prusa3d prefers galaxy black or galaxy purple.
Pros and cons
Pros
- The nozzle disagreement is left as a disagreement. The guide and the comments are both quoted.
- Galaxy colors on Prusament PLA stay colors. They are not turned into a second datasheet.
Cons
- No sheet here publishes a strength loss for glitter. That title is not a test.
- Jessie filament is a score-4 comment. The catalog row for Jessie Premium PLA Glitter has no nozzle, so it is not ranked.
Printer considerations
- Bambu's guide excludes PLA Sparkle and PLA Marble from the standard-PLA note. Standard PLA on that page includes silk. Sparkle does not inherit the silk nozzle rule.
- The same guide's first choice for most fiber and particle fills is 0.6 mm hardened steel. For Bambu PLA Sparkle it flips that: 0.4 mm hardened steel is the first choice. A comment that says 0.4 mm brass is a different instruction.
- ELEGOO Galaxy PLA's bed is 35–65 °C (95–149 °F). Bambu's sparkle and galaxy beds are 35–45 °C (95–113 °F). Do not copy one bed onto the other.
Sources & notes
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- Bambu PLA Sparkle technical data sheet datasheet
- Bambu PLA Galaxy technical data sheet datasheet
- Bambu Lab filament guide manufacturer
- ELEGOO Galaxy PLA product page manufacturer
- Open Filament Database, Prusament PLA other
- a Reddit thread in r/prusa3d reddit
- a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting reddit
- a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab reddit
- a Reddit thread in r/prusa3d reddit
- a Reddit thread in r/prusa3d reddit
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Questions
Is galaxy PLA just silk PLA?
Not on Bambu's guide. The standard-PLA note includes PLA Silk and excludes PLA Sparkle. Silk PLA is the silk page. Nozzles is where the hardened-steel rule for sparkle, marble, and glow already lives. Metal fill is the other particle fill.
Which nozzle should I fit?
Bambu's filament guide, read 25 October 2026, says particle-filled PLA, including PLA Sparkle, should use hardened steel, and that Bambu PLA Sparkle's first choice is 0.4 mm hardened. and on r/3Dprinting say 0.4 mm brass is fine. The Bambu sparkle sheet still lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) and a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F).