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agarza
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  1. Buy a better printer (Sorry, I'm going to be that guy). Judging by the visibility of the horizontal lines on your piece, the print is already painful to look at. This happens due to fluctuating temperatures. Ender 3 is for beginners learning to print who aren't sure if they want to invest intoin the new hobby, people on a budget who use it once a month, or for people who want to mess around with firmware, and play around with the code. Ender 3 print'sprints like garbage, sorry, it's just the truth. If you're serious about printing: upgrade.

  2. Buy High qualityhigh-quality PLA filament. Stay clear from cheap amazonAmazon stuff, that will only clog your nozzle. This is probably the source of the blobs. Buy black or colorless PLA or live with the problems other colors might and will bring, especially glossy, glittery, fancy stuff.

  3. Check "Outer before Inner Walls"Shell > Outer before Inner Walls in Cura under "Quality" tab.

enter image description hereScreenshot of Cura Settings showing the Quality and Shell sections

  1. Adjust "Outer Wall Speed" under the "Speed" tabSpeed > Outer Wall Speed. Anything under 60mm60 mm/s is fine.

  2. As a last resort: Reduce the flow rate. In Cura under "Material" tab, "Flow"Material > Flow, or "Outer Wall Flow"Outer Wall Flow. Not by too much though.

  3. If the blobs show up in a certain pattern (it does not appear so), indeed turn off "power loss recovery"**Power Loss Recovery as the comment suggested. If they appear random (from what I see in the photos), there's no need to turn off that feature whatsoever.

Also, you'll want to increase your retraction speed and perhaps also retraction amount (Bothboth under tab "Travel"Travel in Cura) judging by that stringing.

  1. Buy a better printer (Sorry, I'm going to be that guy). Judging by the visibility of the horizontal lines on your piece, the print is already painful to look at. This happens due to fluctuating temperatures. Ender 3 is for beginners learning to print who aren't sure if they want to invest into the new hobby, people on a budget who use it once a month, or for people who want to mess around with firmware, and play around with the code. Ender 3 print's like garbage, sorry, it's just the truth. If you're serious about printing: upgrade.

  2. Buy High quality PLA filament. Stay clear from cheap amazon stuff, that will only clog your nozzle. This is probably the source of the blobs. Buy black or colorless PLA or live with the problems other colors might and will bring, especially glossy, glittery, fancy stuff.

  3. Check "Outer before Inner Walls" in Cura under "Quality" tab.

enter image description here

  1. Adjust "Outer Wall Speed" under the "Speed" tab. Anything under 60mm/s is fine.

  2. As a last resort: Reduce flow rate. In Cura under "Material" tab, "Flow", or "Outer Wall Flow". Not by too much though.

  3. If the blobs show up in a certain pattern (it does not appear so), indeed turn off "power loss recovery" as the comment suggested. If they appear random (from what I see in the photos), there's no need to turn off that feature whatsoever.

Also you'll want to increase your retraction speed and perhaps also retraction amount (Both under tab "Travel" in Cura) judging by that stringing.

  1. Buy a better printer (Sorry, I'm going to be that guy). Judging by the visibility of the horizontal lines on your piece, the print is already painful to look at. This happens due to fluctuating temperatures. Ender 3 is for beginners learning to print who aren't sure if they want to invest in the new hobby, people on a budget who use it once a month, or people who want to mess around with firmware and play around with the code. Ender 3 prints like garbage, sorry, it's just the truth. If you're serious about printing: upgrade.

  2. Buy high-quality PLA filament. Stay clear from cheap Amazon stuff, that will only clog your nozzle. This is probably the source of the blobs. Buy black or colorless PLA or live with the problems other colors might and will bring, especially glossy, glittery, fancy stuff.

  3. Check Shell > Outer before Inner Walls in Cura.

Screenshot of Cura Settings showing the Quality and Shell sections

  1. Adjust Speed > Outer Wall Speed. Anything under 60 mm/s is fine.

  2. As a last resort: Reduce the flow rate. In Cura under Material > Flow, or Outer Wall Flow. Not by too much though.

  3. If the blobs show up in a certain pattern (it does not appear so), indeed turn off **Power Loss Recovery as the comment suggested. If they appear random (from what I see in the photos), there's no need to turn off that feature whatsoever.

Also, you'll want to increase your retraction speed and perhaps also retraction amount (both under Travel in Cura) judging by that stringing.

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  1. Buy a better printer (Sorry, I'm going to be that guy). Judging by the visibility of the horizontal lines on your piece, the print is already painful to look at. This happens due to fluctuating temperatures. Ender 3 is for beginners learning to print who aren't sure if they want to invest into the new hobby, people on a budget who use it once a month, or for people who want to mess around with firmware, and play around with the code. Ender 3 print's like garbage, sorry, it's just the truth. If you're serious about printing: upgrade.

  2. Buy High quality PLA filament. Stay clear from cheap amazon stuff, that will only clog your nozzle. This is probably the source of the blobs. Buy black or colorless PLA or live with the problems other colors might and will bring, especially glossy, glittery, fancy stuff.

  3. Check "Outer before Inner Walls" in Cura under "Quality" tab.

enter image description here

  1. Adjust "Outer Wall Speed" under the "Speed" tab. Anything under 60mm/s is fine.

  2. As a last resort: Reduce flow rate. In Cura under "Material" tab, "Flow", or "Outer Wall Flow". Not by too much though.

  3. If the blobs show up in a certain pattern (it does not appear so), indeed turn off "power loss recovery" as the comment suggested. If they appear random (from what I see in the photos), there's no need to turn off that feature whatsoever.

Also you'll want to increase your retraction speed and perhaps also retraction amount (Both under tab "Travel" in Cura) judging by that stringing.