Hi guys,
does anyone have experience with the Support for PA/PET (Support G) filament? Its made for higher temps where the normal PLA support (Support W) is not able to help.
Can I for example print PETG with 230 degrees and use Support G with a bed temp of about 70 dregrees? I am asking because the support G bed temps usually start at 100 degrees.
Well, per the BL Store for Support G:
| Support for PLA | Support for PA/PET | |
|---|---|---|
| Color | White | Green |
| Nozzle Temperature | 210-230°C | 270-290°C |
| Bed Temperature | 35-45°C | 80-100°C |
| Print Speed | <200mm/s | <100mm/s |
| Water Soluble | No | No |
| Recommended for | PLA | PA-CF, PA-GF, PET-CF |
| Cannot be used with | PA-CF, PA-GF, PET-CF, ABS, PETG, TPU, ASA | PLA, ABS, PETG, TPU, ASA |
They specifically call out PETG as supported (pun intended …) by Support G.
They also say Bed temp as low as 80° for Support G, but most PETG tops out about 70° so 80° is probably too high.
Don’t really know what they were going for there, the temps don’t make sense. Haven’t had the pleasure of Support G yet, but a quick search popped up these discussions, might check them out. Generally not favorable.
What I find odd is Support G doesn’t have Profile in Studio or OrcaSlicer.
There’s some settings in one of those posts.
Doesn’t the bed temperature only affect the first couple layers? I’ve only used Support W but since it’s over 2x the cost of PLA, I only use it in the interface layers which are typically nowhere near the bed.
Yep. That’s usually the best route to go, use the $$$ support material only for the interface.
BTW - @Finsterwald - Don’t forget to look into the new Tree Support called Tree Slim. Worked pretty well for me for a couple prints so far.
Be aware that Tree Slim doesn’t allow using Support Interface as a separate filament. The other Tree support modes do.
What did you use for this setup for support base and support interface?
Sorry for the delay, didn’t see this until just now!
IIRR I was using Red Bambu PLA Basic with the Support W as an interface.
I had tried using Tree Slim on just PLA and it worked well. I had a slightly more critical part so I was using Support W and tried using Slim Trees since it worked so well, but found it doesn’t allow using an Interface to be used. I ran Strong Trees and it was great.