I’ve been using the Bambu Duo Tone PLA Silk for several months now with great results. We print on a Textured PEI Plate and always allow the print to cool completely. As long as we keep the plate clean, there’s been no need for glue on the Textured PEI Plate. Today, disaster struck. For the first time I printed PrintWonders’ Fancy Cat Tea Box with the Blue-Magenta Neon City Dutone PLA Silk using our brand new AMS unit. We’ve been using it for approximately 2 weeks now. Without issue. An hour after the print was done, after the plate was well and truly cool, I tried to remove the print and the bottoms of each print split apart and stuck to the Textured PEI Plate.
I was able to remove the remaining PLA from the plate and immediately washed it. Some of the print’s outline is gone, but you can still see it. When I look at the pieces I removed, it almost appears as though some of the plate’s texture came off on the piece.
When I loaded the spool into the filament into the AMS unit the first, it failed to recognize it. I power cycled the P1S and reloaded it. Failed again. I had to power cycle it and load it in another slot before the AMS recognized the spool correctly. I did check all my settings before printing and had the correct filament profile selected, correct plate, and machine.
I read through a couple of other posts about this, but it is still unclear why this happened when I’ve been having excellent results to this point and if the plate is harmed.
My questions:
- Why did this happen?
- Does this have anything to do with the AMS?
- How do I avoid it in the future?
- Did I ruin that side of my plate? it feels sticky, but I can’t tell if it’s filament on the plate or if there is part of the plate on the printed bit I removed.
- How do I remove/can I remove the outline that remains on my plate. I do not want to use Acetone as some have mentioned in the other posts. Bambu directly says not to do this. I haven’t tried Isopropyl, only dawn dish soap and a brush.
