So I purchased the X1 Carbon to reduce having to tinker with the printer and be relatively plug and play.
I have had it for 2 days and i have only been able to get one successful print. I keep getting a failed first layer. It will seem to be doing find then it fails. The PLA stops sticking and a spaghetti mess ensues, never finishing the first layer.
Materials used “all bambu labs filaments”
PLA Tough Silver
PLA Matt Charcoal
PLA Matt Orange
Whenever you start to have adhesion problems. Wash your plate with dish soap and warm/hot water. You need to get any fingerprints off of the bed surface. Dry it with a fresh paper towel and don’t touch the surface. I can’t stress this enough. Make sure that there is nothing stuck to the bed/plate (filament scraps etc) that would throw off bed leveling.
For the textured surface, what is it currently set to? Often adding 10c will help adhesion if the bed is clean.
Agree with @JonRaymond suggestions, these are good habits that will “stick” with you. The plate in normal operation is fairly tolerant, but mixed with cold ambient temps it can prove to be a pain, raising the bed temperature by 5-10c in the Filament settings both “inital layer” and “other layers” and save.
Sorry, I skimmed past the nozzle as its generally 0.4. I’ve never used the 0.2 so can’t be helpful there. I would try the 0.4 just to ascertain its not the nozzle being difficult. PS. the Silver and Matte filaments can be quirky in my opinion lol, just saying.
Suggest you scale back how many things you have changed from a normal print.
0.4 nozzle
2 layer height.
Stock filament settings
Get comfortable printing with these settings and identifying/solving print problems. Once you get really confident with “standard” settings and what they do, then start experimenting with nozzle sizes and settings.
Oh and a small nozzle will not have a big effect on layer lines. That is mostly controlled by your layer height.
I ran the puzzle file from the stock prints when i first set it up. On the .4 nozzle it failed twice was successful once. Ran it once on the .2 nozzle successful but had some defects on the top layer.
