What is the difference between the black and gold textured PEI plate?
I think we may have already worked this out.
The gold plate is an improved version of the black plate
Black plates are cooler, though.
sell me an improved version that stays black.
I’m not sure what all the differences are between the two but my experience has been the Gold plates appear to be coated (not sure I’d say powdered coated but perhaps it is) and the black plates are stickers.
I have two gold plates and other than cleaning them when adhesion drops I’ve had zero issues. I thought I’d try a black one and on the second print and it started blistering and bubbling. May have been trying to remove the print too soon but I didn’t do anything different than what I do with my gold plates. Anyway, for me, the black ones don’t appear to offer any advantage and considering the stickers can lift or bubble I’m not going to buy the black ones.
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My black textured plate still looks like brand new since 2 years ago… the gold plate looks horrible after only a few months use. the culprit being petg.
petg seems to stick too good to the gold plate and little dots, pieces just wont come off even with a scraper.
the black plate simply releases the model once cooled down. so easy. a shame they don’t sell the black plates anymore.
If you don’t have a different plate to print PETG on then use pva glue as a release agent. Seems counterintuitive but it works. Once you pop off the print just wipe down the plate.
Yeah that would work.
But i dont like the finish the glue leaves as i usually use this plate for a nice surface finish on prints.
I have some black textured plates from aliexpress, not as good as bambus black plate but better than their gold plate.