Maybe I’m not keywording correctly but I can’t find other advice specifically for adhesioin with PLA-CF. Sorry if this is asked and answered constantly but I legit can’t figure it out.
I ordered some 2 sided plates that have had rave reviews by other Bambu users (ones with geometric shapes and glitters and stuff). I am looking specifically for the pattern it provides on the bottom layer. Maybe people are printing in solely with PLA for these?
I cannot get the layers to stick to the smoother plates at all, they come off very easily. It works well with the Bambu Cool Plate/Offbrand Texture plate. I didn’t try the PLA CF with the Engineering plate because it advises not to.
I’m wondering if this filament may be a poor choice for these plates. I’m not sure what to try now? I’m uncertain if the type of the material can impact adhesion or if my settings are still off?
Things I’ve tried:
I have tried using the PEI Plate High Temp (smooth) Original Settings
Increasing Bed temperature by 5 degrees (55 to 60c)
Slowing initial layer speed from 50 to 25
Using Glue Stick
Using Alcohol to clean/let dry
My next attempt is to change from 60 to 65 for bed temp.
What else am I missing?
Hoping yall might have some suggestions! Thank you!
I’m not familiar with those off brand build plates, so I can’t provide much feed back for those. Regardless of what plate you use, washing only with alcohol is not enough. Alcohol will only push around the oils that are left around from your fingers. Take your plates and wash them under hot water using dish soap. Once clean, rinse until you see water sheeting off of the plates, making sure not to touch the plates surface with your fingers. Give that a shot before playing with other settings.
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Its not the filament. Some plates by design are going to be difficult to tune at the start, particularly worse because they’re so fresh and haven’t got that “bite” due to conditioning. Cleanliness and raising the temp are great starting points. As @RandomKhaos stated, a sink full of hot soapy water goes a long way to lifting whatever contaminants from the manufacturer and the odd fingerprint.
I’d suggest also to try some real basic round and flat based models (not full plate width, say 50mm), you can even just add a few right click “primitive- cylinder” to find that sweet spot for settings. Once you can get a reliable first few layers with no lifting, adapt that to you model (it may need tweaking here as not all models are equal).
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Thank you ! I will try washing again and see how far that gets me. I’ve been trying to make “quarters” all day which are just 1" round cylinders with nothing to it lol
I just finished trying PLA only with the plate and no luck again. It rolls along the plate after leveling and just gathers and drags the filament with it. I had this round set to all the standard settings for the textured plate since I haven’t tried PLA only. I will wash it now.
Note: The Bambu plate sticks just fine after 3 prints! Just these geometric shiny ones that create the unique appearance are the issue but I’m hoping someone knows something I don’t (and hope that washing it does the trick)
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@GenericUser after soap, no luck again 
maybe hairspray next? bummer
As you mentioned before, the bed temps may be the also the next to work on. I’ve got a G10 LightYear plate that only is reliable with 65c start and 60 normal temp. I had some trouble initially getting it to a point where I could click and walk away.
I’ve been wanting to try these design plates but hesitant because of this issue, I’m hoping you can find that sweet spot 
I FINALLY got it. I’m not sure which it was or both solutions BUT… I lowered the bed temp to 45c (tried 55*standard, 60, 65) and did gluestick. Success! It looks so neat.
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Ok, thats great to hear. Lowering is an interesting change, keep us posted if this changes. The gluestick would help for sure, did it make the pattern transfer less noticeable? Liquid glue or hairspray would be better for the patterns if you have some.