Timeline for How to clean / remove frosting from build-surface
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| Feb 18, 2023 at 16:42 | comment | added | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | No matter how bad you mess your bed surface up, you can always just put blue tape on it. Blue tape is at least as good as buildtak, and dirt cheap to replace. Amazon has rolls that are full 235 mm bed size so you don't even need to bother with aligning the seam. | |
| Feb 18, 2023 at 16:15 | comment | added | Fred Cailloux | Been there and still am. Not realizing the strength of Acetone I was utilizing it for my bed cleaning. Soon found out that it slowly destroyed the surface. I am now waiting for a costly replacement. In the mean time I am cleaning with Acetone and apply a coat of my own concoction made of scrap ABS and Acetone. I keep it in a tightly sealed jar and make sure it remain properly diluted by adding Acetone regularly. When its time to print I spread a thin layer of the concoction on the print area. I still get a descent finish and quite strong adhesion. Its not the perfect solution but it works. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 21:29 | vote | accept | Crypt0 | ||
| Feb 17, 2023 at 21:01 | comment | added | Crypt0 | After getting the surface as clean as possible, it's pretty smooth now. So I'm guessing that I might have to start using a form of adhesive. I'll print another Benchy and see how she turns out. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 20:55 | comment | added | Crypt0 | Yeah, it pretty much took the texture of the build surface right off. I've been using IPA before and after each print, but read in a different post that acetone could be used to dissolve the material , like you said that was left from the nozzle being way to close to the bed. Luckily after some trial and error, I've got bed-leveling down now. Thank you for the info! | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 20:32 | history | answered | R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |