Yikes. Gonna have to work with this material a bunch to learn how to use it.
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First rule of PETG-club is “dry your filament”, second rule of PETG-club is “dry your filament”… Thrid rule? Nope, it’s “store your filament dry”
Jokes aside, other things you could look at:
- nozzle, how worn is it?
- calibration tests: did you do a temp tower? Calibration cube? Retraction test?
- The vertical surface doesn’t necessarily have that appearance as a result of wet filament. In my experience, wet PETG will result in more random variations than that. It looks too regular IMHO, is everything that should be tightened actually tightened?
- have you calibrated the extruder steps?
I would bet on retraction here. Dial that in and 90% of the stringing goes away.
Fourth rule… painters tape as bed surface will save your PEI sheets and holds PETG really well.
Or G10/Garolite
Or just use a textured PEI plate at the proper bed temperature. There is very little need for special adjuncts to print PETG.
Honestly you are off to a pretty good start. As everyone will tell you, you need to keep this stuff really dry. If that still doesn’t work, try different settings. If that doesn’t work, try a different brand. Unlike pla that is pretty forgiving on manufacturing tolerances, I’ve seen big differences in quality with PETG. In my hands, Id consider your kitty a perfectly acceptable print. Butane torch the hairs and you’ll have a perfectly clean model
Edit: also play with avoid crossing perimeters settings.
Have you tried drying it (even if it’s straight from the factory)?
Yep. That helped!
I don’t have issues with it stringing, but bed adhesion is a pain in the ass. Can’t get it to consistently adhere
Looks fairly normal. You could tune retraction slightly.
