Binder-jet printing is a powder-based, advanced manufacturing technique where the alternating deposition of a powder bed, then printing of a polymeric binder on the bed are repeated until a three-dimensional, “green body” part is formed. The piece is treated thermally to remove the binder by pyrolysis and then sintered to obtain a pure metallic part. Due to its low energy cost, high resolution, scalability and large material versatility, it is one of the most promising metallic 3D printing techniques, industrially. However, the selection and development of binders is often approached by trial-and-error. The industrial partnership in this project led to the development of a method to produce reliable and quantitative data of the performance of different polymeric binders using a minimum amount of material (5 mL vs. 200 mL). This new approach does not require the use of a binder-jet printer and is based on mechanical tests of samples cast from slurries, yet functions well as an analogy to the industrial process, greatly facilitating the selection of new binders in industrial use.