Questions tagged [adhesion]
Questions about part-to-platform or layer-to-layer adhesion while 3D printing.
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Need help printing a quality first layer, but having adhesion and fill issues
I am attempting to print a model that is too tall to print up-right and it has a large flat side that would be my first layer but ultimately would be the side of the object and I'd like it to look ...
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Thin bead not adhering to itself or bed very well, what am I doing wrong
I'm just learning how to use a 3D printer, I have an Anycubic Mega Zero 2.0.
When I start printing the PLA filament doesn't want to adhere very well. I have leveled it out and all of my corners on my ...
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How to remove ABS from PEI Sheet
Recently building a new printer, I went with a Wambam PEX system. When I began printing ABS I found it did not stick very well and eventually purchased a new build plate and a PEI sheet since PEX isn'...
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Layer splitting in same place
I am getting layer splits that always happen in the same place like these:
Interestingly enough, when I do multiple prints on one plate, sometimes some prints get split and others don’t. I don’t ...
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PC-ABS poor layer adhesion
I recently started printing Polymaker's PC-ABS blend on my modified Ender 3 v2. The print quality is good but the layer adhesion is pretty bad.
The layers aren't delaminating while printing but I can ...
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What's causing my PLA prints to lift like this?
I'm printing a Soma cube I found on Thingiverse -- it's a puzzle toy I remember from the early 1970s, and the kind of thing that ought to be really easy-peasy to print. Each of the seven pieces is ...
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PETG layer adhesion problems
I have recently started printing with Polymaker's PolyMax PETG on my Ender 3 v2. I have not been able to get the layer adhesion anywhere near as strong as it should be. I would guess it is around 20-...
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Flashforge Adventurer 3 PETG under extrusion after Rapid Move
I have recently started 3D printing and have had fine success with both PLA and ABS.
Now I am trying to make some parts for which I believe PETG to be the correct material.
However, I have run into ...
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Print not sticking to bed
Today I ran into an issue with the filament not sticking to the build plate. However, the strange part is, that this only happens with one filament color (both PLA, khaki, black works just fine) and ...
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My Hatchbox PLA filament only allows me to use rafts
When I first got my 3D printer (a FlashForge Adventurer 3), it came with a sample pack of filament. With this filament, I was able to use skirts for my first layer. When the sample filament ran out, I ...
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After sitting for a week first layer won't adhere
Last week I set up my Ender 3 V2 and it seemed to work perfectly out of the box. I leveled the bed, did a test print, and discovered that the nozzle was too low (successful print but elephant foot). ...
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What is the best way to adhere an old printed part to the bed?
I am currently trying to print a company logo on another part I have printed in a different colour. To try and maximise the strength of the part, I need to print the part on a different orientation to ...
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Nozzle too high on first layer after leveling
I've had my Ender 5 Pro for 6 months now, printing happily and quite a lot. Some days ago, a print failed mid-way, and since then I've not been able to make it print properly. I've now spent days ...
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First layer problem
I have Ender 3 v2 with BLTouch and Marlin 2.0.x software
There is a problem on the first layer it allows come wrong the last problem I have it is the first layer it is not constant on the bed it comes ...
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Can't print anything! Is this heat creep? (Detailed explanation & Photo)
I have bought an Ender 3 Pro in November. I loved 3D printing and even upgraded my machine to improve my experience. However, lately, I can't print anything due to an issue I can't seem to resolve.
I ...
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Prints fail to adhere to build plate
I have been using an Anycubic i3 Mega for about a month now and it worked fine. But when I designed a simple model in Fusion 360 and sliced it with Cura it started to have issues sticking to the bed. ...
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Irregular adhesion on Creality glass bed
I have an Ender 5 pro and upgraded from the magnetic bed to the glass version. I print with Prusament PLA on 65 °C bed temp and 220 °C extruder temp. I measured that the glass surface has ~58 °C in ...
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CR-6 SE glass build plate - no lifting possible
I've been dealing with 3D printing for 1.5 years, but now own a CR-6 SE myself since the beginning of 2021. Most things are already quite clear but for 2 days I have had a problem with the adhesion of ...
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Bed heating stops when paused by filament runout sensor
My CR-10 S5 has a feature, that stops the print, when the filament runs out.
However, when the printer pauses, the bed cools down and the print plops if the bed. Is there a way to tell the printer to ...
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Are all glue sticks PVA-based? How to find out?
I'm struggling with bed adhesion for nylon on a glass bed (122 °C measured) in an enclosed chamber (45 °C near the front, likely more on top of the print bed). I used a glue stick to enhance adhesion, ...
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How to attach PEI sheet to glass for high temperature printing?
I am using an Intamsys FunMat HT, which has a "ceramic glass" bed. I'm not sure what "ceramic glass" means, the stuff behaves like borosilicate in the way it either chips or ...
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Internal thread not sticking to inner wall
I've been trying to print some M14 female threads. The male threads I've printed were perfect and fit into a female metal nut, but for some reason I cannot get the female threads to "stick". ...
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Layer bending with first layer not sticking
I'm pretty new to 3D printing, so I'm looking for some tips with following problem I have.
I'm trying to print following model https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4671256 on my Ender 3 v2.
But as soon ...
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CR-10 not printing properly after Marlin 2.0.x and BLTouch installation
I flashed a new version of Marlin (2.0.x) because I bought a BLTouch sensor on my Creality CR-10 v2.
Ever since I did that, my printer has terrible first layers (adhesion) and layer strength is weak.
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Filament sticks to nozzle
Normally, I'm all fine with my printer and filament. But today I changed the filament for another brand and no matter what, it sticks to the nozzle so nothing comes to the bed and soon my nozzle is ...
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What are the pros and cons of Painters tape?
Painters tape is a common quick fix to adhesion problems, and we know it doesn't need to be blue, but it is often recommended not to do. Why? When is painters tape best used or skipped upon?
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Issue with rim of first 5-8 layers of my Prints [duplicate]
I have this issue with my 3D prints on my Ender 3 printer bed. The first 5-8 layers are wider than the rest (exaggerated illustration shown in the 3D rendering below), I think this is because the 3D ...
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Has anyone applied four 200 x 200 mm PEI sheets to a 400 x 400 mm bed?
Of course I'm referring to side by side and not stacking or overlapping. 200 x 200 mm PEI and Kapton sheets are more readily available than 400 x 400 sheets. I'm wondering if anyone has tried this ...
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Removing test print from magnetic flexible paper coated build plate
I have a Monoprice MP10 with magnetic flexible paper coated build plate and I have just tried printing bed level test which is, of necessity, very thin on the build plate.
Watching the item print, I ...
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Problem printing bigger models in the Ender 5
In all the bigger prints I print on my Ender 5 with PETG I have problems with warping and raft detachment during printing. I have a glass bed and I'm using Ultimaker Cura 4.6.1 standard printing ...
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How to prepare bed for printing ABS filament?
I have never used ABS filament before, so my question is, how do I prepare my glass build plate for printing ABS filament?
My second question, is, after you have prepared it, and have finished ...
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PETG warping - adhesion or temperature too high?
Ender3 v2, SIENOC PETG which advises temperature of 230-250 °C on the box. I'm printing on top of cleaned blue tape, using a temperature of 230 °C for the nozzle and 80 °C for the bed.
I've had all ...
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I mistakenly used 90% ethyl alchool to scrape some PLA off my bed; did I ruin it?
I just printed my first cube from my newly arrived Artillery Sidewinder X1. I am totally new to 3D printing but I managed to correctly unbox, assemble and prepare it for printing.
I used PLA filament ...
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Any possible issues with adding heat/cool down cycle in the end of print (PLA)
I'm printing with anycubic i3 mega on an ultrabase bed. When I first got the printer the prints were easy to remove from the bed after it cools down, I didn't need to put any extra effort. However ...
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Do you need to manually level the bed with a BLTouch? Adhesion issues with Ender 5 and BLTouch 1.3
I've just installed a BLTouch on my Ender 5 Pro and updated the firmware to 2.0.5.3 and enabled BL touch. I can send a G29 which probes all the points correctly, I ...
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Use fixation holes instead heated bed
I think that heated bed have some disadvantages - they arent always reliable, they consume additional electrical power.
I can imagine one way how HB can be replaced - in some flat surface - glass or ...
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First layer rippling and no filament in the certain areas
Hello I'm new to 3D printing and I noticed some problem with my print.
I've print it 3 times and relevel the bed now, I found that the right lower corner always have holes,
some string problem
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Resin prints pulling away from build platform
My prints start out good, but seem to warp or pull away from the build platform at a later time. Should I divide up my support bases so they're not one big base? Should I sand/roughen the build ...
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Diagnosing why the left side of a print detaches from the board
I have and Ender 3 Pro, which I'm enjoying except for an intractable problem. No matter how carefully I level the nozzle and tighten the X belt, using this great guide, the prints seem to be tilting ...
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Ender-3 Pro - PLA mid-layer warping (layer separation) - salvageable?
I just got into 3D printing with an Ender-3 Pro. The test dog printed great, some custom small/thin objects printed good, and now I tried my first big object.
Designed in Tinkercad (link to my (...
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Poor adhesion on new layer - Monoprice mini select
On my Monoprice Mini Select v2 there is poor adhesion when the print head goes to put down a new layer on the bed as seen in the photo. Does anyone have a fix for this?
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Brim around just one section
I'm looking to print this item:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4274950
I want to lay it flat on the bed, 90° to how it's shown on Thingiverse. The problem is there's the one little corner on ...
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Problem printing circles/holes on Anycubic I3 mega
For some time I've been struggling to print models with holes going all the way through from top to bottom. Models without those holes print out just fine. I've spend quite some time on levelling the ...
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How can I add an offset to the first layer to increase clearance?
My printer is calibrated for a certain clearance from the heated bed, which is chosen based on PLA.
I would like to try to increase it for the first layer for PETG, so that adhesion is reduced. The ...
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Per-Model Bed Adhesion in Simplify3D
I'm looking for a way to have different bed adhesion for different models in the same print. My question is similar to this question, but I'm using Simplify3D.
I have an STL file that contains many ...
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FDM printer first layer infill swell upward
My Kossel Mini printer was working well. Recently I made some changes including replacing the nozzle and throat, adding a silicone heater cover. Now it has the problem of first layer adhesion.
The ...
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What's the difference between "Initial Layer Width" and "Initial Layer Flow" in Cura?
I'm trying to increase adhesion of the first layer (as well as to fill gaps for a more even surface) by squeezing more material against the bed. The obvious way of doing that in Cura is by increasing ...
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First layer looks weird and print fails
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Printed 650 of these tokens, no problem. Then all of a sudden I can't get them to stick and the first layer looks wavy and weird.
After a few tokens it knocks one loose and the whole ...
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What hairspray brands are known to contain PVA / PolyVinylpyrrolidone
It's common to use hairspray, especially AquaNet, as a bed adhesive. My understanding is this works because the spray includes a chemical called polyvinylpyrrolidone, or PVA.
What other brands of ...
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Why doesn't PLA stick to heated bed?
I have a basic Creality Ender-3 with a black rough bed cover. I'm printing with PLA.
After assembly, I printed 3 or 4 small toys sliced by Cura with basic settings. All were printed very well!
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