Emoji Caps
Emoji Caps
3D
Published 2018-02-08T18:02:11+00:00
Give your drinks some character! Let others know how you’re feeling with these Emoji Caps for your soda can!
Having a good day? Show it with a smiling emoji cap. Excited to be having a soda? Protect your drink with a food savoring face or smiling eyes grin. Feeling grumpy today? Cover your can with an angry face. Keep it cool with sunglasses or goofy with a winking grin. Don’t want to share your soda during flu season? Warn everyone off with a facemark or sick emoji cap. Surprise someone special with a soda decorated with a kiss or smitten cat. Show your mischievous side with a poop or devil emoji. Be a trend setter with the new Bitcoin, Cool Devil, Ghost Cat, and Mischievous Black Cat emojis. Or wow your friends by creating your own emoji as unique as you are! The possibilities are endless!
PLEASE POST YOUR PRINTS! I’D LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH!
I’m happy to add more facial features or backgrounds. Please post requests/suggestions in comments. Keep it clean please!
Print each Emoji Cap using the .stl files as explained in the PDF guide. The .stl files here can be used to create more than 30 of the standard Emojis. Or mix and match the designs to create your own unique cap!
I printed the caps separately and then glued the faces on them to get the most vibrant colors. However, full emojis can be printed as one with multiple filaments (depending on your printer's capabilities) and/or painted after printing.
Printing the solid cap upside down eliminates the need for supports. This may change if you print the facial features and cap together, depending on how you orient them in your slicer. I recommend including rafts and skirts for all prints.
A single cap (Emoji Cap_MAIN.stl) took about 80 minutes to print on my Qiditech I Dual Extruder with 20% infill and a raft. (The Poop, Devil, and Cat caps take a little longer.) The facial features took about 15-20 minutes per Emoji, also with 20% infill and rafts. I batched facial features that used the same colors to save printing time. I had great results slicing with Simplify3D.
Note: As printed, these are NOT watertight, due to the limits of printing with PLA. If you would like a watertight Emoji Cap for your soda can, I recommend scaling the model down by 2-4% and printing in a flexible, food-safe, watertight plastic/silicone. If you are able to print a watertight cap, please post a photo!
Note: I would love to print the poop emoji with a rainbow effect, but I haven't found a rainbow filament with a fast enough gradient change for such a small print. I may try my hand at painting a rainbow gradient on a white print. If I do, I'll post a photo. If anyone knows of a quick gradient rainbow PLA, post post in the comments.
| Date published | 08/02/2018 |
| Time to do | 100 - minutes |
| Material Quantity | Approximately 17g per cap and 3g per face |
| Dimensions | 58mm x 58mm x 12mm for the cap. The facial features are mostly 4mm tall. |
| Technology | FDM |
| Complexity | Easy |
| Support Free | YES |