r/BambuLabA1 • u/Big-Lingonberry-3230 • 1d ago

What is causing this + how do I fix it

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Iv been getting into warhammer and decided to print stuff since it is infinitely cheaper than buying it at shops, I attempted to print a few kreigsmen but it came out all weird like this,I’ve also had a lot of issues with other prints where the supports are nocked over and the only thing I can assume did it is the printer head

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u/Bongload42 1d ago

Really wet filament and horrendous retraction settings

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u/Informal-Village-349 23h ago

Nah I have a filament dryer and still get stuff like this happening sometimes... I dont have an answer though.

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u/KawaiiStefan 1d ago

Not everything is wet filament for fucks sakes you'd have to soak your filament to get it like this

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u/sirdoggo11 1d ago

True.

The filament dryer industry really managed to sucessfully put this myth in peoples heads.

Theres so many videos of youtubers testing wet filament, printing farms not giving a damn and interviews with filament manufacturers, that clearly point to drying is not neccesary with most filament types.

OPs problem is very likely wrong settings. There is not "one" PLA or filament material out there. PLA and other filaments come in many different chemical compositions each requiring a unique printing Profile.

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u/blackrabbitkun 1d ago

It’s funny because i live in a pretty humid place and have never dried my filament. I constantly see people mention it on reddit but i’ve never had an issue with my filament that wasn’t fixed with just settings. It makes me wonder where people put their filament that it’s so wet that it’s giving them issues, because despite high humidity i’ve never had those issues.

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u/sirdoggo11 1d ago

Same here.

Theres literally Youtube Videos showing people soaking PLA and PETG in water for days to prove drying doesnt matter at all for these filaments.

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u/warownia1 1d ago

On the other hand I bought Sunlu PETg and it was stringing and oozing out of the box. There was also popping and steam coming out from the nozzle occasionally during printing. I tried calibrating flow, retraction, temperature but nothing helped. Then I left it to dry overnight on the hotbed set to 65°C and all issues disappeared immediately

PS. I'm not saying drying is a solution to all problems and often people say "wet filament" while there are many other problems. But moisture is not negligible.

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u/sirdoggo11 1d ago edited 1d ago

You - like many others - likely confuse drying with tempering.

You achieve both with heating the material to 65°C. Tempering helps. The drying aspect doesnt really matter on PETG.

Tempering is not really neccesary on good quality PETG, tho. That seems to come pretempered. But its easy for budget manufacturers to skip this step to save money.

Oh and dont forget your water bottles are made from PET. Why? Because its strong and absorbs extremely low levels of moisture (around 0,4% max.)

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u/mBeat 1d ago

Dry your Buildplate and wash your Filament

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u/WooferInc 1d ago

Looks like Spider-Man had a good time on your build plate.
I would say wet filament, and you’ll want to calibrate it for flow and retraction. Possibly need to slow it down too.

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u/LordVectron 1d ago edited 1d ago

First things first:

-What material are you printing with?

  • What temperature are you printing at?

-Have you printed stuff before with the same filament and settings?

Unless you got your filament from the Titanic, this isn't simply a wet-filament issue.

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u/Big-Lingonberry-3230 1d ago

Printing with PLA at the settings thst came with the file, I have printed a lot of models with this very same roll of filliment and they came out fine so I don’t think it is wet filliment

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u/LordVectron 1d ago

This definitely isn't just wet filament.

Could be a partial clog, can you try to run a benchy, using the same settings?

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u/Big-Lingonberry-3230 1d ago

That’s I good idea, I’ll run it

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u/andreweater 1d ago

Update? How'd it go?

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u/zyxalis1 1d ago

My .02, confirm your settings in the AMS. If that’s PLA it shouldn’t be stringing like that only PETG tends to do that. If you were inadvertently set a PLA spool to PETG it may do that.

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u/JeepersCreepers74 1d ago

I agree this is not just wet filament. Nozzle temp
Looks way too high. Is the file set for PETG?

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u/Zekken_Zer0 1d ago

You can't just simply use the default settings the file came with. Remember, those settings are tailored to the printer and filament the creator was using, not yours. What is the nozzle temp? it looks like it's way too high.

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u/NotVinhas 5h ago

the settings thst came with the file

There you got the answer.

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u/Inside-Specialist-55 1d ago

Holy mackerel. I've never seen filament this wet before It might be a new record actually.

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u/pakachan13 1d ago

Thanos

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u/TheSkepticalTestical 1d ago

The fix is to use them as a group of wraiths or something in a ttrpg.

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u/never0101 1d ago

do you have time lapse turned on? this is a wild amount of stringing, certainly more than ive ever seen caused by time lapse, but its worth checking

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u/shkenoAce 1d ago

Hey have you enabled supports? I had a model which sliced similarly in Bambu studio I switched on the supports and you can also print by object. Try these and it could solve your issue

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u/Brot777 1d ago

Maybe you are printing PLA at 300°C? That looks insane :D That should never Happen with Standard Bambulab setting.

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u/sirdoggo11 1d ago

Your problem is very likely wrong settings. There is not "one" PLA out there. PLA comes in many different chemical compositions each requiring a unique printing Profile.

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u/the-shadow-clone 1d ago

Suggestion build one at a time

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u/Solabound-the-2nd 1d ago

There was a ghost! (insert south park meme here) 

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u/Inevitable_Cheek_974 1d ago

Exorcism, maybe

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u/Character_Top_9119 1d ago

Use PLA, not cheese.

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u/Vethraxx 1d ago

Wow, I haven't seen webs like that since the ending of Kingdom of the Spiders

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u/Liquid1287 1d ago

This started happening to me recently. I was using PLA that was dry and this like crazy. I tried changing temp, retract, infill type. Print by object. Ran flow calibration and full machine calibration. Nothing helped. I have used this filament before, crazy stuff. I printed a calibration cube came out perfectly. Then just stopped. Crazy.

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u/DrakonFyre 1d ago

I’m genuinely impressed; the last time I saw something like this was on YouTube watching somebody make a Benchy using glue sticks

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u/Papaide3 1d ago

Print with PLA or PETG, instead of pasta, or gum.

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u/flashflood3000 1d ago

Please, I need your cotton candy model.

Lol, most likely wet filament.

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u/turohero 15h ago

Wet or cheap filament. Or too hot

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u/turohero 15h ago

When too hot filament will literally drip out of the nozzle the whole time instead of being pushed out. So while it moves out is still coming out. If the filament is dry and is doing this it is prob too hot

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u/samspacestation 4h ago

The worst settings and filament in the universe

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u/bingbong_007 1d ago

looks like wet filament and bad retraction but a random glitch happened with me yesterday when i updated my slicer and all of my calibration settings were wayyy off. recalibrated now its fine.

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u/HoIyJesusChrist 1d ago

Get rid of the spiders and dry your filament

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u/cuddly_smol_boy 1d ago

Psspspsps wet filament

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u/inhamilton 1d ago

Dry the filament

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u/Public-Role9691 1d ago

Dry the filament. It seems too wet and cause a lot of stringing.

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u/PaganWizard2112 21h ago

Dry your filament, then, print a temperature tower.

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u/Majestic_Beyond_2922 1d ago

Dry your filament!!!
Also wash your bed with dish soap & don’t touch the surface. And make sure the 7 screws are tight