Questions tagged [petg]
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Sanding with a black sand paper is giving permanent black spot on PETG 3D Print
This enclosure was printed with white PETG. The print was fairly good, with a few places having uneven layer lines. So to smooth them out, I used 300 grit sandpaper whose colour was black. After ...
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Distortion and discoloration of corner of print
I've been experimenting with printing transparent PETG, and ran across an issue that I can't explain. Everything was going along fine, and I successfully did a few small rectangles with voids in the ...
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Settings for printing PETG on Ender V3 SE
I want to print PETG on my Ender V3 SE for the first time. I have been using PLA and have no experience with PETG. I did a bit of searching and found different recommendations for settings, and I'm ...
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Can I post-smooth PETG with a hot tool?
I'm about to start printing some bike accessories, and (unless I split the phone wind/rain shield bracket into several parts and find room for joins) I'm likely to have some large surfaces printed ...
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Snap-fit stackable boxes that won't print flat
I have designed and printed two boxes with snap-fit lids, which also allow for the boxes to be stacked and snapped together (the lid and bottom of the box both have the same recessed channel with ...
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Can I recover a spool of PETG that seems to be melted together?
The problem We recently bought some PETG filament, but made a mistake when putting one spool in the dryer, and ended up melting the spool a little (it was sat on the bottom of the filament dryer ...
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First time printing PETG; how can I improve the quality?
This is the first time I have tried to print PETG and this is what I got. Can anyone help me to troubleshoot this problem? I used Qidi slicer with a nozzle temperature of 240 °C for the first layer ...
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Getting "heater bed not heating at expected rate" error when trying to print PETG on a glass bed
I have an Ender 3 Pro with the BigTreeTech SKR mini E3 motherboard and a glass bed, and I use Klipper running on a Pi. About a month ago it started giving me the "heater bed not heating at ...
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Burnt PETG extrusions
I printed this model using 250 °C nozzle temperature using PETG. I also set the extrusion multiplier to 80 % so I know it's not caused by over-extrusion. The printer is SV06 Plus What could cause the ...
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How do I prevent PETG from stringing and clumping up?
My PETG prints keep clumping up and stringing. The print is otherwise fine, but there are so many imperfections because of this. It looks like the clumping comes from the infill. I tried replacing the ...
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Poor layer adhesion on only one layer of PETG print
One layer of PETG is not printing correctly I’ve successfully been able to print in PETG, and it looks perfect except for a random layer in the middle of the print. It adheres to the bed fine, and the ...
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Nozzle leaking PETG and blobs on first layer
I have an Ender 3 V2 Printer and I can print in PLA with good quality and no issues. I am using a 0.8 mm Nozzle and my model prints fine in PLA. I have now tried to use Pinuotu 1.75 mm PETG ...
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Is there a filament that exhibits less deformation than PETG (when subjected to stress for a particular application)?
I've printed a "clamp" in PETG which locks a power switch down (the "On" position). After a few days, the print is not working anymore. So I was wondering if PLA (or any filament) ...
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How to harden / strengthen the teeth of a 3D print
I have a 3D object that I print with 0.6 mm nozzle and white PETG. At the moment I can't print the layers in another direction since I use 3D printed threads. The object is a de-seeder bit for the ...
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Issue with PETG adhesion
I am printing on a Prusa i3 MK3 with white PETG and I face several issues when it comes to the extruder shaping the bridge and solid infill. For the record, the temperature is set at 230 °C for the ...