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>At least cite the blog you're lipreading your bullshit from
Just experience making props? This is a revolver I made a few years ago for a costume. As you can see, it held up very well to being dropped once. Also note the awful smoothing... Hours of sanding and filler primer and it still looked like ass.

In comparison, a Star Wars helmet I've made since I switched to ABS has a glass finish thanks to acetone smoothing, and I achieved that in a couple days.
>How do you explain about every cosplay being printed in PLA nowadays?
It's significantly cheaper and significantly easier for people to print in PLA. Most people with 3d printers have whatever shitty printer they could buy for $150. They're not shelling out for enclosures or extraction. If you only care about it looking good for ONE day, it's fine; especially for smaller props.

If you look at more experienced propmaker channels on youtube, many will choose ABS, PETG, etc. for things they want to last longer, or they need to smooth in mass. Especially because modern enclosed printers can print ABS effortlessly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEm0lbvAmkg

This video really shows how acetone makes assembling and finishing props to a quality finish so much easier.