Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
Hi there, have started using a Silk PLA+ and initially was not sticking to the heat bed, after some handy tape all is fine. Now however I am seeing intense stringing which I also had with another Silk Bronze PLA+ yet this Gold that I am using now is 1000 percent worse. Any tips/ideas/hints for reducing the amount of stringing?
RE: Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
Also i noticed this by the filament sensor, any ideas why its powdering up?
RE: Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
That picture of the filament sensor is scary. Is the filament diameter correct? If you had more luck with another brand, I'd just write this one off and go back to the old filament.
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RE: Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
Has only happened with this filament thanks for the advice 🙂
RE: Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
Eww.
If it's the wrong filament diameter, the whole system will have trouble with feeding and retractions through those too small PTFE-tubes and connectors.
That could very well explain this effect.
But can you even feed a 3mm filament through those tubes without wondering why it feels like a workout?
Without that filament sensor looking that worrisome, I'd say you tried to apply default PLA settings to this special PLA+ material.
It can behave vastly different from the standard material and need special parameters / other temperature.
Or maybe it's a combination of both.
RE: Intense Stringing with my Mini + Silk PLA+ any suggestions?
"Without that filament sensor looking that worrisome, I'd say you tried to apply default PLA settings to this special PLA+ material.It can behave vastly different from the standard material and need special parameters / other temperature.Or maybe it's a combination of both." I think you hit the nail on the head here ill have a tinker, but its standard sized filament with the rest, as to why its feeding through like that no clue at all.