Having trouble laying down first layer

im not sure why, or if its just this new spool of filament im using (as wasn’t having this issues with the last role). but im having issues with getting a good first later down.

Ive given the plate a clean with alcohol but not sure what else to try.

this is what im trying to print, have tried other prints, but getting the same issue - Container by zavaz86 - MakerWorld

thanks for any tips!
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Wash the plate with warm water and grease cutting dish detergent (Dawn works well), rinse with lots of water, dry with a clean towel, and don’t touch the print surface. A clean dish rag or small nylon brush will help get into the low spots on a textured plate.

Alcohol will dissolve oils on the plate (fingerprints usually), but will re-deposit them when it evaporates. Unless you wipe the plate with lots of alcohol and multiple clean towels, you are probably just spreading the oils around. Better than no cleaning at all, but not totally effective.

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I gave it a good clean with washing liquid but still no luck :frowning: .

It puts down a whole circle with infill fine, but then when it gets to tiny little details it just doesn’t stick at all and ends up sticking to the nozzle :-/

What is your bed temperature set to? Try turning it up 10-15c. This is usually the next step after ensuring that you have a clean bed.

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Hi

the bed temp is 65 (the standard one set in the Bambu Studio). To be honest im such a newbie ive never even tried to tweak this settings, but will give it a go.

Is there a specific setting I should change this? or is it just increasing it on the printer side?

thanks

It does seem to be dependent on the individual print as to whether it sticks or not though (I guess this is expected?). Some 1st layer shapes seem to be more ‘stackable’ than others.

Update: On this particular model im trying, it seems to be the raft that has trouble adhering to the build plate. If I turn raft off it adheres fine!

Is there a way to adjust settings including speed for just the raft layers does anybody know?

Hi , all , my model is a long cylinder and got poor surface ,can any one help

im a newbie to this, but so far the variables I think are worth trying are…

slowing down the print
adding a raft and/or brim
increasing bed temp for first layer
adding supports to stabilise

I use overture filament and it works great. even built in settings for it

Generally my prints are working fine at the moment, but this ONE print I cant get the 1st layer down for love nor money! It just smooshes the little rectangles around all over the plate! I dont know what its finding so hard with this in particular as other prints its fine with. My guess is that the slice just has all the tiny little rectangles with no infill so has they’re very weak :frowning:

Would anybody have any suggestions? Maybe doing infill first?

thanks

Do you have the seem set as ‘aligned’ or ‘random’?Default should be aligned which would give the better finish

Yeah it’s on aligned. I tried a bunch of things yesterday, and I THINK increasing the layer height on the first layer might have done the trick. I’ll have to double check though