Title sums it up, any other tips about PETG appreciated though.

  • JTode@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I found that I had to use gluestick for PETG on my bedslinger - without it the print wouldn’t even stay in place for more than maybe a 60 minute print. I have heard about PETG fusing to glass beds also, though I have had the opposite problem, and I would just clean it off with some alcohol, but there didn’t seem to be much of any kind of residue.

    Now, the gluestick, on the other hand, that is a nightmare, until I found the method: spray it with windex or water, let it soak in for thirty seconds or so, then scrape with any spatula-like object. I often take two passes, but wetting the glue turns it into a looser sorta paste that comes right off. Once all the glue is off, go over it with alcohol to dry it all up, clean as a whistle.

    • Zeth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My goto on a glass bed was blue painters tape applied with a spatula or flat tool. I discovered that the natural oils off my fingers transfered to the painters tape when applying making the first layer fail to stick every time.