Bad adhesion review should be banned

[Lexi]

@user_3268691422

Alcohol would certainly help adhesion in a lot of cases, but it simply is not going to properly clean the plate - meaning even though it may have helped, the adhesion will still not be what it should be. If you’ve touched a couple spots on the plate while getting a print off, alcohol would serve to evenly disperse any contaminants into a thin layer across the entire plate. That would go a long way to helping adhesion over a couple spots being very heavily contaminated. But the plate will still have contaminants on it, and that layer of contaminants will build continually if they are not properly removed.

This is valuable.
for the rest of it. Why would you compare such disparate ideas?

I am in the IPA with microfiber towel wipe between prints “camp”.

I’ve done the testing with PETG. I don’t print with PLA very often but I would guess the results would be quite similar.

Try it yourself…

Using this technique…

@Lexi

I tested the OEM Black Bambu Lab PEI texture Plate (BBPP) against the aftermarket Golden PEI textured Plate (AGPP).

Test model: a cylinder 10mm in diameter and 220mm (skinny and tall) printed in silver PETG printed at 250 deg C & on a bed temp of 70 deg C.

Initial conditions: I started by washing both plates with soap and water and fully dried with a microfiber cloth.