I find that I spend too much time ensuring that I get every speck of support material off the print plate long after I’ve removed the actual print.

When it comes to the skirt, I always set it to be two layers tall for this exact reason, and I was hoping it’s possible to do the same with the support base.

EDIT: PETG on textured printsheet

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Oh dude, glue stick 100%. PETG is my preferred print material, wouldn’t dream of printing without the glue stick.

    Use a smooth plate as well.

    • Sasquatch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      I accidentally got such good adhesion with the prusa smooth plate and PETG that I ripped the PET(?) lining off the plate

      • spitfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Exactly what I’m talking about, this is why I’m using glue. If you’re talking about a textured plate it’s probably PEI

    • spitfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      I’m actually using spray glue (3dlac) usually with a textured PEI (rarely a smooth PEI) plate. I’m also using PET/PEO (double sided) plate with PETG (without glue) - adhesion is really good, but not too good (so it’s easy to clean).