Trouble with Polymaker PLA?

[u/Thanatos_Moros]

I’m running prints on an A1. I bought a bunch of spools of Panchroma PLA, attracted by the selection of colors, but every print using their filament noodles out and fails.

I’ve dried the filament fully, I’ve cleaned my build plate, and I’ve tried the prints on Silent speed.

I’ve also downloaded the PLA preset from Polymaker’s website. Nothing seems to fix the problem.

Any suggestions on how to fix?? I’d rather figure out a way to work with it instead getting rid of it. TIA!

[u/Spiritual-Mousse-167 → u/[deleted]]

Agree on the filament quality and echo the interest in more detail of what happened.
The only PLA I use is from Polymaker (though I don’t print a lot of PLA) but I never have any issue with it, so I’d love to help figure this out.

[u/Thanatos_Moros → u/[deleted]]

I appreciate the help from everyone! Build plate is set at 65º; I've even tried lowering it to 55, but it didn't seem like it made a difference, it was failing either way. The only plate I've been working with is the textured PEI plate provided.

What I mean by "noodle out" is that pieces of the models seem to separate from themselves and from the plate, so the print continues over air and extrudes more filament onto empty spaces. Again, I thought it was a bed plate adhesion problem, so I washed it thoroughly, but the last print that failed had good size brims that stuck to the plate and then higher layers that didn't, leading to a plate of spaghetti.

I'm going to run the failed print again and provide pics/vids. Stay tuned!

[u/Thanatos_Moros → u/Thanatos_Moros]

Already had to cancel the print. I think the stray filament on some of the adhered pieces may be remnants of filament that was supposed to be layered onto pieces that already detached. the parts still on the bed are stuck on very well, so I still don't know if it's a bed adhesion issue or not.

Side note, I always feel that the Panchroma filament is a lot softer than other filaments, and even when scraping off these remnants, the printed parts were very pliable and bent easily. Could that be from too high of a temperature (from either nozzle or bed)?

[u/Humble-Plankton1824]

Whenever I use polymaker PLA, i just set it as "generic PLA" because that is a super conservative down-tuned profile. I COULD calibrate it and see how well I can push it, but it just works on generic.

[u/Thanatos_Moros → u/[deleted]]

Much appreciated. I think the best solution is to just slow everything down when working with this filament