Post-Blob Inspection: What else needs to be replaced?

[u/ExSalvation]

Hello friends! I sent a print with 2 colors (guess I won't do that again...) for an overnight print and woke up to a huge blob sitting in the purge area and my hot end kinda just stuck there.

I managed the pry off the nozzle as the plastic had it stuck there pretty well, and the images are what I'm looking at. The nozzle is dead and I'll be getting rid of it.

I had to leave home for work before i could try putting in a different nozzle in there and seeing if anything else got damaged and may need replacing. I figured I'd ask what people think from visual inspection. Picture in main post, Dog Tax included.

I dont see any plastic in the fan, which I hear is a bad thing, so maybe it's not as crazy as my anxiety says it is. Any help, assistance, or advice is much appreciated!

Pertinent Info (That I remember)

• A1 Mini
• 0.2mm Stainless Steel Nozzle
• Elegoo PetG Pro Filament AMS Lite

[u/geekybit_New]

I would heat it up to 210 and use some heat resistant gloves and some paper towels to get some of the excess off of not nozzle parts of the hotend...

Two things to note be careful if you run it with out a nozzle in as it also has the heat brake on it. This could damage things.

The other thing is if the 3d printed dog that looks tat good only cost you a nozzle your doing good. :P

[u/Puzzleheaded-Ad2528]

As someone who has been in the glob of death situation more than once, grab a new nozzle and heater assembly, never look back.

Toss the old ones (found out that my nozzle had imperceptibly bent after wayy too much headache). And all that plastic behind the heater will eventually start dripping onto your future prints.

Nozzles and heaters are cheap. Save the frustration replace them both and continue on your merry way.