Prusament ASA Supports - What works best?
Hi,
Anyone care to share any tips for printing supports for Prusament ASA on the XL5? I have tried PLA and PETG with little success. I'm particularly interested in bottom supports as I have a need to print tubular shapes out of ASA.
PETG with PLA supports seems to work well on a satin sheet with the bed at the higher end of the PLA range and lower than the PETG and the enclosure open but this technique with the enclosure closed just results in failed prints.
Any tips gratefully received.
TIA
FE
RE: Prusament ASA Supports - What works best?
In addition to the below material suggestions, I suggest you also consider only printing the support interface in a different material and leave the support material itself as ASA. This will resolve the bed temperature issues and allow for you to run with the enclosure closed, as long as you don't use PLA as a support material which will result in clogged nozzles. If you can't do this due to part geometry, it will likely drive you toward HIPS a the preferred support material since it has bed and print temps similar to ASA without the bed adhesion issues of PA (unless you have already separately solved this issue).
Copied from another recent post on a similar topic: PETG, PA, and HIPS are all options I have used successfully with different compromises. PETG is easy to use and print, but has the worst separation performance to the point of leaving behind visible marks or bits of material to pick out. PA has excellent and clean separation but small islands of material don't always adhere well while printing onto supports. HIPS is probably the best overall performer (and can theoretically be dissolved in d-Limonene though I haven't tested this) but is the least common and unlikely to be part of your current suite of materials.