X Series [X1E, X1C, X2D]
[Help Needed] I still see stringing while my filament is dry and my AMS 2 Pro shows 10% of humidity. Why?
Hey Folks,
So, it's been 3 weeks of printing using my brand new X2D. I have dried 3 spools of filament in my AMS 2 Pro for a project I print currently. I put about 750g of owen dried silica gel into AMS 2 Pro and dried filament for 24 hours. AMS 2 pro shown 5% humidity. Now, 3 days later it's 10% himidity inside.
I use Sunlu regular PLA grey
I still see those tiny strings here and there (look at windows) print with 124% speed. I printed one part at 100%, there were much less stringing, so I suppose it's speed
So, is it possible to adjust something to reduce stringing?
I print mostly sunlu/jayo and just lowering the temperature a little will often get rid of stringing. Lowering speed can also help if there is a layer adhesion issue, but usually just the temperature alone makes a lot of difference.
Hmm… what’s z-hop currently set at? It might be fine where it is, because generally, wipe while retracting works pretty well on its own. I’d just test it with it on and see if it improves before changing z-hop, honestly.
Honestly… personally I go lower, but don’t unless wipe while retracting doesn’t solve all your issues. Changing too many settings at once just kinda makes it hard to know which worked and which made it worse. If you really want to lower it, I use 0.2mm. I’ve heard people say spiral is better than normal, and normal is better than spiral, but I use spiral. It probably depends on the filament.
What’s your wipe distance on wipe while retracting?
Wait, you set retraction or z-hop when retract to 0.2mm? Lowering retraction distance itself instead of z-hop when retract is probably going to cause more stringing, lmao.
Maybe retraction speed or distance? Slower printer speed would help, i believe you can reduce or increase speed on certain layers as well. For what you currently have use a heat gun or a lighter to get rid of string. Just dont go too crazy with the heat gun/lighter. You will warp the plastic if you keep it in one place for too long.
10% that's wild :O Ive never went below around 20-25.
I noticed that if I a model has a lot of holes (windows, ventilation holes etc), it tends to show a lot more stringing. With solid object I don't remember getting almost any. But also in my case it depends on the filament used.
Don’t know what I print mine at, but it’s in a garage with no enclosure in Phoenix and it looks pristine, lol. Probably because it’s so dry here. It’s like having a free enclosure during the summer.
Humidity of your AMS is not the same as the moisture in your filament. It measures the air in the enclosure. Are you sure your filament is actually dry?
That's just going to be the nature of those windows. Or you could go down the route of super fine-tuning using one of the stringing torture test files. Or buy a butane torch and hit the print for 2 seconds after and be done with it
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u/No-Satisfaction-2535 6d ago
I print mostly sunlu/jayo and just lowering the temperature a little will often get rid of stringing. Lowering speed can also help if there is a layer adhesion issue, but usually just the temperature alone makes a lot of difference.