Poor bed adhesion
Hi everyone! I’m having an issue with getting my ASA prints to stick to the bed with my v-core 3.1 (no enclosure). I’m using the included magnetic build plate and i have tried adding hairspray to no luck. I have cleaned the bed with isopropyl yet my prints doesn’t want to stick to it. I get 10-15 layers in and it pops off. The photo is for reference as how the parts I’m trying to print look, to me there should be a good enough surface area for the print to stick.
I’m using the 3DO black ASA sourced from ratrig, the hotend is printing at 250c and the bed is at 105c. Any tips?
5 Replies
afraid-scarlet•2y ago
This does seem like classic no-enclosure problems
ASA is hard to get to adhere without an enclosure, but also you may want to try something other than hairspray
maybe gluestick or magigoo could work better for this type of bed?
absent-sapphireOP•2y ago
I have come to the same conclusion about the no enclosure so thats on the list of upgrades. I tried hairspray becuase thats what i had on hand going to order some magigoo later today
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afraid-scarlet•17mo ago
yeah that's what I use on my bed
for everything honestly it makes adhesion way more forgiving in general
even if it's not "good form" I don't like cleaning my bed often
And water and paper towels will clean it in a jiffy.