PLA impressions. ABS, TPU and PETG will be later in the week.
The fine texture is not smooth but definitely has much smaller texture than the BL PEI.
So BIQU talks about room temperature printing. Well, maybe with the Frostbite which is supposed to have more adhesion, but not the Glacier (Still waiting on my Frostbite plate).
To test the adhesion I used a 25mm cube. My printer room is running cool thanks to the snowstorm and cold here in Colorado.
To start, I cleaned the plate with soap and water before printing to remove any manufacturing residue.
Filament is VoxelPLA using their recommendation to select PLA Tough for the filament setting. Filament was dried prior to testing.
I did the first print at 30 C on a P1S. Room temperature is 20C. Used the 0.2mm Standard Process setting. All glass closed. No brims or skirts in these tests.
At about a 3mm height, the object broke loose. Now to be fair, the site advertising may say room temperature for any Cryogrip, but I saw where they recommend 35 as the minimum temp for PLA on the Glacier.
Did a reprint and set the Plate Type setting to cool plate, which puts it at 35 C. Printed with no issues. Then printed a taller object with a circular 25 mm base that flares and branches at the top with no supports. It winds up being about 50mm tall. Printed flawlessly.
One difference between this plate and the PEI plates is, it still has some stickiness once it cools down to room temperature. On my PEI plates the objects let go , but you have to pull or pop the object off this plate.
Now to try a larger surface area. I’ve had the VokelPLA warp on long objects. lets see what happens. Will post pictures later (including one of out total snowfall buildup for fun.