I just bought a 3d effect plate (pre ready) and it won’t stick I have tried washing it but so far nothing has work. I’m attempting to print a benchy in PLA transparent.
I had to wash (and try glue hairspray etc) the carbon fiber effect plates like 3 times before it started sticking. The kind I had came shipped with a clear plastic protector sticker for you to peel off, but I think that sticker did bad things to the plate.
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What if you set the print to “Silent 50%” speed? same issue?
I have them for my A1 Mini & they suck…
Mine work fine after:
- Repeated (!) washing with dishwashing liquid, warm water and a cloth
- Giving them an initial heat soak on the heat bed (2h per side)
- Remembering to increase first layer temp as per instructions on the shop page, occasionally also bumping up 1st layer nozzle temp by 5-10°C
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Yeah I think it does I washed it like 3 times and now its working
I have a few. For my A1 and P1S, now P2S, they work ok. I only clean them with Iso, like on my smooth plates. I do use 3D Lac spray on them though.
I have 3 variations and all work fine on my x1c. I washed with Dawn dish soap and water, dried, installed, increased bed temp by 10 degrees and slowed first 2 layers to 50%. I printed a few simple 2 and 4 layer sheets that covered much of the plate to test design pattern. Since, these(4 prints total) I can run like normal.
I had read somewhere to do this and started this way so I don’t know if they would have worked w/o taking these measures. They now work like any other plate at normal temp and speeds. I do put the bed temp at 5 degrees warmer as I feel I get a better pattern.
Those plates just have pretty bad adhesion. I always upped the temp on them by 10c and printed the first layer super slow but it was still a struggle. Eventually I just resigned them to TPU only use. With TPU there are no issues with adhesion.
Hey there!
Though it’s already been resolved you need to wash it in Hot Soapy Water and let it dry, I recommend doing it every 2-3 weeks if you’re printing casually. This is if you hare a textured PEI Plate which is the standard plate you’d get.
Let me know if this helps or not.
This thread isn’t about the PEI plates…
It’s about the 3D Plates:
Woopsies! Didn’t see that, thanks for telling me
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Would you say these are worth purchasing? I think it would be cool to have one but if they are so much of a hassle, I don’t know if I should get one.
In my opinion, you trade adhesion for aesthetic. It’s up to you to see if that makes sense for what you’re doing.
I like the carbon fiber ones, but the rest are kinda meh. Also not enough to use it all the time, only for special things. Sometimes a display stand pops with the cf pattern.
It really depends on what you print and what you’re looking to achieve. I see some cool faceplates and borders that use these and looks good. I rarely use mine anymore as most my prints don’t need it. They are nice to have though as I recently made a CyberBrick remote control face plate in galaxy and carbon fiber.
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Agree, I tried out a lot of the designs (cheap to experiment on aliexpress) but carbon fiber is the only one I’d go back to. The lenticular-ness of some of them is interesting, but not useful IMO
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