Silver Filament Clogs Nozzle
Recently completed the build of my mk3 kit - overall a great experience with a well designed product. I passed all checks with flying colors and printed the Prusa badge and batarang with excellennt quality using the silver filament supplied by Prusa. However I started developing frequent clogs especially during frequent retractions accompanied by that dreaded clicking noise. I started trouble shooting and fixed the idler pulley shaft insertion issue, the PTFE collet issue and re-checked all of my assembly work - no joy. So I finally did what I should have done in the beginning. I swapped the silver Prusa supplied filament with a fresh spool of Hatchbox red PLA. Immediate, undeniable difference! My prints now run for hours/days unattended and are perfect! No clogging, no missed layers, no under extrusion whatsoever. Can it be possible that Prusa is distributing less than reliable filament?
Re: Silver Filament Clogs Nozzle
It is easy, every manufacturer create (cook) they PLA differently. So Prusa can clog because he needs to “fast print” higher temperature profile. Other manufacturer has different profile, or slightly smaller diameter (less material to fuse = less temperature needed).
Prusa slicer PLA profile is set up for Prusa office at it is not holy Bible. Try to increase you nozzle temperature, or slow down your print.
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