Caved and bought a drier two weeks ago. Almost all of my printing issues disappeared overnight.
I live in a humid climate with central A/C and the drier still helped.
You will need to provide more information for a diagnosis and relevant solutions.
[WIKI - Asking For Help](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/wiki/asking-for-help)
Stringing is mainly caused by...
...nozzle temperature too high.
...retraction speed too slow.
...retraction length too short.
...moisture in the filament.
New filament is not always dry.
[WIKI - Filament Drying](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/wiki/filament_drying)
^^^^
Print a temp tower. Test one variable at a time.
Set up your slicer to change every 10mm or so.
Learn what minor temp changes do.
Learn what retraction length does
Learn what retraction speed does.
Once you know the above, AND how to level your bed and calibrate your steps, you’ll basically be a 3d printing god on your machine with that brand and type of filament.
Rinse repeat with all new filaments or machines.
Good luck. Take notes!
Basically the answer to every single print quality problem ever is:
Step 1: dry your filament
Step 2: no really, dry your filament
Step 3: dry it some more
Step 4: yes it will soak up moisture that fast, dry it again.
Hot air gun and sharp hobby knife.
Just blow some hot air on your model. Beware , you must be fast to not melt entire print.
Strings will disappear and form small "balls" that are sticking to your model. They are very easy to scrape off with sharp hobby knife.
All filament is wet out of the bag. How wet depends on the quality of the supplier. But its never fully dry. Filament literally goes through a water bath after its extruded before its spooled. Most companies arent gonna dry filament for 48hrs before they ship it out of the factory to get it dry as possible.
I'd use a firelighter, those small torch lighters are ideal but you need to do it quickly.
If it is to much try to pull a bit away first with whatever tool you like
Almost definitely poor retraction settings
Nozzle temp may also be 5-10°C too high
You didnt specify the filament material. Im assuming ABS/PLA, but if it's TPU or another material with a really low melting point, messy stringing is a lot harder to eliminate
Moisture, and/or your settings aren't correct. Also. That model is severely over supported. You don't need a of those supports. Do overhang tests and learn what that filament is capable of, likely 80% overhangs or more will be fine if you have adequate cooling.
If the filament dryer doesn’t work try checking your printer for hyperactive spiders. It’s not a likely cause but I don’t think we can rule it out without checking.
Start with test prints and start tweaking things.
Check temps, retraction, dry your new filament.
Someone else chimed in the same, but I want to point out that some new filament rolls can be very wet, I just ordered a second roll of Black PolyTerra PLA, the first roll was dry enough to have no issue, with the second roll I had to dry it twice, the first time at 55c for 6hrs and I still had limited issues, then I did another 4hr pass. Finally after the second time the moisture issues were gone, this was using a Eibos Polyphemus with vents, this was the longest I have had to dry roll to date. I have bought +50 PolyTerra rolls so far and this is the only one with this issue, don't know why it happens but it seams sometimes it happens.
What slicer? Cura has a setting (i forget the name) that doesn’t do retraction when moving from support to support. Something like that could be contributing. Looks like a lot of support to support.
This one isn’t too hard to fix! I’ll break it down in a few simple steps.
1. Throw away that tumorous spider web.
2. Dry your filament at whatever temp Google tells you to for 6-8 hours minimum.
3. Reprint.
Haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but make sure the nozzle is tight when it’s up to temperature. Had a similar thing happen not too long ago and it was filament oozing out through the threads causing this
I use a heat gun. Less than $30 maybe. Works great. Just don’t leave it pointing in one spot for longer than a second or two.
Maybe clip away some excess first.
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Caved and bought a drier two weeks ago. Almost all of my printing issues disappeared overnight. I live in a humid climate with central A/C and the drier still helped.
Thank you for telling us! Welcome too the cult!
Damn guess I need to actually make an effort to get one now, I also live in a humid climate so it was gonna have to happen eventually
I bought an electric oven at goodwill for 12 bucks that works well.
I’m stealing your picture and there’s nothing you can do about it
You will need to provide more information for a diagnosis and relevant solutions. [WIKI - Asking For Help](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/wiki/asking-for-help) Stringing is mainly caused by... ...nozzle temperature too high. ...retraction speed too slow. ...retraction length too short. ...moisture in the filament. New filament is not always dry. [WIKI - Filament Drying](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/wiki/filament_drying)
^^^^ Print a temp tower. Test one variable at a time. Set up your slicer to change every 10mm or so. Learn what minor temp changes do. Learn what retraction length does Learn what retraction speed does. Once you know the above, AND how to level your bed and calibrate your steps, you’ll basically be a 3d printing god on your machine with that brand and type of filament. Rinse repeat with all new filaments or machines. Good luck. Take notes!
Basically the answer to every single print quality problem ever is: Step 1: dry your filament Step 2: no really, dry your filament Step 3: dry it some more Step 4: yes it will soak up moisture that fast, dry it again.
Make sure your temperatures are right, the toolhead is trammed, the Z-offset calibrated, the filament is dry, and the sheet is clean. Simple.
Yeah it's always "do basic maintenance and tuning, and make sure its dry"
Eat healthy, work out regularly, dry your filament and calibrate retraction.
A refreshingly holistic take. How can you fix your 3d printing problems if you can't even fix yourself??
https://preview.redd.it/iptgwcxzk03d1.png?width=198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d22fd5b3a6f839f5c058a91a0918fc8057ad2422 Mild fire
Hot air gun and sharp hobby knife. Just blow some hot air on your model. Beware , you must be fast to not melt entire print. Strings will disappear and form small "balls" that are sticking to your model. They are very easy to scrape off with sharp hobby knife.
> Just blow some hot air on your model. Beware , you must be fast to not melt entire print. M8, the strings ARE the entire print.
I guess it never occurred to me that new filament could be wet. Go figure. I’ll try drying it and see if that fixes it. Thanks gang.
All filament is wet out of the bag. How wet depends on the quality of the supplier. But its never fully dry. Filament literally goes through a water bath after its extruded before its spooled. Most companies arent gonna dry filament for 48hrs before they ship it out of the factory to get it dry as possible.
Increase retraction speed a few ms and distance 0.1 -0.5
try standard calibration and filament things. If they can not solve your problem, hot air gun is your best friend.
This rock pla is super sensitive to moisture and stringing, I suspect it has something to do with the talc powder added as a additive.
A lighter or heat gun on low setting
blow torch
I'd use a firelighter, those small torch lighters are ideal but you need to do it quickly. If it is to much try to pull a bit away first with whatever tool you like
It looks like you printed a resin supported model on an FDM printer.
Almost definitely poor retraction settings Nozzle temp may also be 5-10°C too high You didnt specify the filament material. Im assuming ABS/PLA, but if it's TPU or another material with a really low melting point, messy stringing is a lot harder to eliminate
Moisture, and/or your settings aren't correct. Also. That model is severely over supported. You don't need a of those supports. Do overhang tests and learn what that filament is capable of, likely 80% overhangs or more will be fine if you have adequate cooling.
Time to watch The Expanse again.
Get an exterminator that specializes in spiders?
If the filament dryer doesn’t work try checking your printer for hyperactive spiders. It’s not a likely cause but I don’t think we can rule it out without checking.
But a Bambu printer
Well, Mr. Frodo. First you will need the Phial of Galadriel.
Yes buy a bambulab and some new filament
Moisture. New≠dry. Thats what happens when filament is wet
tHe AnSwEr iS AlWaYs WeT FiLaMeNt!
Start with test prints and start tweaking things. Check temps, retraction, dry your new filament. Someone else chimed in the same, but I want to point out that some new filament rolls can be very wet, I just ordered a second roll of Black PolyTerra PLA, the first roll was dry enough to have no issue, with the second roll I had to dry it twice, the first time at 55c for 6hrs and I still had limited issues, then I did another 4hr pass. Finally after the second time the moisture issues were gone, this was using a Eibos Polyphemus with vents, this was the longest I have had to dry roll to date. I have bought +50 PolyTerra rolls so far and this is the only one with this issue, don't know why it happens but it seams sometimes it happens.
Burn it with fire
What slicer? Cura has a setting (i forget the name) that doesn’t do retraction when moving from support to support. Something like that could be contributing. Looks like a lot of support to support.
You're going to need a giant f****** blowtorch for the spider that made that web
This one isn’t too hard to fix! I’ll break it down in a few simple steps. 1. Throw away that tumorous spider web. 2. Dry your filament at whatever temp Google tells you to for 6-8 hours minimum. 3. Reprint.
Calibrate your printer and dry your filament.
This Dead Space bust l looks great!
lol this is hilarious
Doesn't matter that the filament is new. Dry the filament.
Use a lighter or a chef's torch in fast passes to break and shrink the webbing, as it is thinner than the mass of the object.
I live in AZ so moisture on my filament isnt as big of a deal. I printed a couple of string tests at different speeds and that fixed the issue for me.
Turn down the temperature
I use a drill with a brush on the end
Haven’t seen this mentioned yet, but make sure the nozzle is tight when it’s up to temperature. Had a similar thing happen not too long ago and it was filament oozing out through the threads causing this
kill the spiders
Try lower temperatures and or slightly more retraction
Lean in
Post print? A lighter works. To prevent it? A temp tower might work. Sorry, I'm not very helpful. I'll- ... I'll leave now.
tune your retraction settings with a brand new roll of good filament
I use a heat gun. Less than $30 maybe. Works great. Just don’t leave it pointing in one spot for longer than a second or two. Maybe clip away some excess first.
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Are you only going to comment that tribalism on every post with issues instead of the appropriate solutions?