Unruly print bed
I feel like nothing is working... for some reason, even when I use pure acetone to clean my print bed, which I was told was the best by a very experienced fellow, I still find that my print is continuously being peeled off by the extruder, or simply not sticking at all, it's like the print bed is butter to it! Please help me figure this out, the first layer print calibration turns out just about as perfect as it should, the temperatures are much higher than required to assure maximum stickage, but nothing ever seems to keep it down. And while it does print, it just seems that the filament is just so messy when being printed because of oozing, ugh 3D printers are difficult. Any ideas would be appreciated
RE: Unruly print bed
What kind of printer and bed do you use?
I have a Prusa i3 MK3S with a textured PEI plate and I also had the problem until recently that parts hold very badly. Even though I cleaned the bed before each print. I recently started using a glue stick and that seems to solve the problem. The parts stick very well to the bed even after the bed has cooled down.
I more or less follow this process .
RE: Unruly print bed
@achiles
After taking a relaxing shower, I have determined it's possible that it's extruding too little, making it not stick because the filament isn't reaching the plate. I've considered glue though and it has worked before, so I will consider it. Thanks for the effort, and mines the same as yours.
RE: Unruly print bed
You definitely do not want to just lay down melted plastic, you want to give it some squish. Try reducing Z, without hitting the bed. I find if I'm using filament with a nice colour contrast, it's right when it goes a bit translucent. Note the use of the highly technical term, bit. There a a gasillion posts about setting correct Z.