ESun Pla-lite
Hi all, I'm still quite new to 3D printing so apologies for my lack of technical terms 🙂
I own a Prusa Mini and I have used it for a while without much issues. I have now purchased some Esun PLA-lite filament but I cannot make it work. After a print I found most of the filament melted and stuck around the nozzle. I've cleaned it and tried to print again and it doesn't work. I've noticed that while at rest, waiting for the nozzle and bed temperature, filament keeps getting out of the nozzle. So when it starts printing, the filamente that leaked out merges with what is being printed and makes a mess.
I don't know much of the technical stuff so I don't know exactly how to fine tune things. I've tried to reduce the temperature (even if I was printing at 215° which is within the range in the filament description) to 190°, the minimum, but not only it doesn't stop the issue, but now it doesn't even stuck well on the bed.
Printing the same file using PLA before and after this attempt with PLA-lite worked well.
Is it just a case of "you get what you pay" and I should throw it away (which would be sad, as I have 4 spools of it) or are there different settings I could try? In Prusa Slicer I haven't found a setting for Sun PLA-lite, only regular PLA.
Thank you for any help!
RE: ESun Pla-lite
Bumping this thread due to similar issues.
I think higher heat (like the default settings for Prusament PLA or default PLA) but with higher retraction settings are what I have seen others claim work for them with eSun PLA-lite. I am in the middle of testing these myself, my issues are the same as yours, globbing, stringing, and bed adhesion failure at the standard temps. For what its worth, the bed adhesion failure seemed to be due to a glob of stuck filament dragging across the print.
Perhaps there is a bit of "get what you pay for" here, but others have said they use this filament heavily. so I plan on experimenting a bit more before giving up.
Either way, good luck!