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title: "Vapor Smoothing PA11: Published Results | AMT PostPro"
description: "PA11 is listed on all four PostPro systems with PostPro Pure and FA326. The published FABULOUS DETECT PA11 food-contact result, and its scope."
canonical: https://amtechnologies.com/community/guides/pa11-what-we-know/
updated: 2026-10-06
type: guide
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Community guide Materials / PA11

# Vapor smoothing PA11: what AMT has published

PA11 is listed as compatible on all four PostPro systems (SFX, SF2X, SF50 and SF100), with PostPro Pure and with FA326.

- By AMT Team
- Guide
- 1 min read
- Updated Oct 2026
- Sources[1,2,3]

## A published food-contact result

In April 2026, FABULOUS and AMT announced a food-contact validation for parts in **FABULOUS DETECT PA11**, vapor smoothed with **PostPro Pure**. An accredited independent lab found extractables well within regulatory limits under US FDA 21 CFR §177.1500. The full story is in [FABULOUS and AMT: food-contact validation for DETECT PA11 with PostPro Pure (opens the community forum in a new tab)](https://amtpostpro.discourse.group/t/fabulous-and-amt-food-contact-validation-for-detect-pa11-with-postpro-pure/74).

Please keep the scope in mind: the result covers that material with that consumable. It is not a blanket approval for every PA11 or every application. If your parts will touch food, validate your own material and process.

## Grades

AMT’s compatible materials lists name tested grades; see the [documents page](https://amtechnologies.com/resources/documents/). Not listed? [Send parts for a benchmark](https://benchmarking.amtechnologies.com/submit?utm_source=amtechnologies.com&utm_medium=community-page&utm_campaign=site-2026&utm_content=pa11-what-we-know-guide).

Forum · Over to you

What do you make in PA11, and how does it smooth compared with PA12 in your experience?

[Answer in the forum thread (opens the community forum in a new tab)](https://amtpostpro.discourse.group/t/vapor-smoothing-pa11-what-amt-has-published/55)

Next step

## See the price. Run the numbers. Hold the part.

List prices are public and the cost-per-part math is yours to check, with no email needed for either. The free benchmark puts your own parts, vapor smoothed, in your hands.

1. 01 Quote

   ### Build your quote

   Pick a system and its options and get an itemized total on screen, from AMT’s published list prices.

   [Build your quote](https://amtechnologies.com/quote/)
2. 02 ROI

   ### Calculate your ROI

   Compare your cost per part with manual finishing, using your own labor rate and volumes. Every assumption is editable.

   [Calculate ROI](https://amtechnologies.com/roi/)
3. 03 Benchmark

   ### Test your parts, free

   Ship us your parts with a prepaid label. We vapor smooth them and send them back with before-and-after photos and a benchmark report.

   [Test your parts, free](https://benchmarking.amtechnologies.com/submit?utm_source=amtechnologies.com&utm_medium=community-page&utm_campaign=site-2026&utm_content=pa11-what-we-know-decision)

   No cost to evaluate · Parts returned · Typical turnaround 2–3 weeks[4]

Prices: AMT list prices, excluding tax and shipping; confirmed in your formal quote.

[Not sure which system? Help me choose](https://amtechnologies.com/configurator/)

## Sources

1. [Vapor smoothing: SF and X-series family page and SFX, SF2X, SF50, SF100 product pages](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/) · AMT · read Oct 6, 2026 · also [AMT](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/postpro-sfx-desktop-vapor-smoothing-system/) · also [AMT](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/postpro-sf2x/) · also [AMT](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/postpro-sf50/) · also [AMT](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/postpro-sf100/)
2. [Vapor smoothing consumables: PostPro Pure (FA5802), FA326 and FA9202](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/consumables/) · AMT · read Oct 6, 2026
3. [Fabulous and AMT validate food contact compliance for 3D-printed parts using DETECT PA11 and PostPro Pure](https://amtechnologies.com/news/fabulous-and-amt-validate-3dprinted-food-contact-compliance/) · AMT · Apr 7, 2026
4. [PostPro benchmarking: send us your 3D printed parts](https://benchmarking.amtechnologies.com/) · AMT · read Oct 6, 2026