First time printing with PLA Silk+ looking for advice on print fail

[ManSkirtBrew]

Good morning! Newish user here trying to learn what I’m doing wrong.

I’m making a case for an old iPod classic. I ran a test print of this with PLA basic and it went well, so I switched to the pretty PLA Silk+ I want to use for the actual project.

The filament was dried in my Sunlu S2 for 12 hours at 50c, then put on the A1’s factory holder.

This looks to me like a bed adhesion issue, but I don’t have the experience yet to be sure. I did not wash the plate right before this print, so I will be washing it thoroughly before the next use and trying some glue stick, but I’m posting to make sure there aren’t other issues I should be looking at.

A follow-up question: is there a better way I could be orienting this piece to get a more successful print? Like maybe tilted 45 degrees to the left here?

Thanks!

[lion7718]

@ManSkirtBrew

A follow-up question: is there a better way I could be orienting this piece to get a more successful print? Like maybe tilted 45 degrees to the left here?

It looks like you can print that standing part flat.

[Bean3D]

you may want to print the parts at 50% speed to reduce the failures.

[ManSkirtBrew]

@lion7718

It looks like you can print that standing part flat.

Thank you. I did consider this, but there are shallow features on the flat face and I’ve had trouble with them printing down on the bed.

I tried printing it the other way around, and it worked a lot better.

I also tried a 45 degree angle in the hopes of getting some more fidelity on those shallow details, but that made a potato chip instead.

At least I’m learning things