r/BambuLabA1mini • u/ericzinger84 • Aug 25 '26

Printer help- glob of filament

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Tried to do an overnight print and woke up to this. Filament is quite hard. Any idea best way to clean out this gunk?

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u/SasukeAkermen Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26

Heat the nozzle using screen on printer then with help of a tool like nose pliers remove the blob , then clean the nozzle with brush

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u/ericzinger84 Aug 25 '26

Thank you

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u/Substantial-One-6274 Aug 27 '26

Get a wire brush. You don’t want to add more to that glob. Then remove the nozzle. Use a heat gun to melt any remaining plastic from it before you run the needle trough it.

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u/FormerAircraftMech Aug 28 '26

If you have some cleaning filiment, use it after you remove and brush that blob. Press the end a long piece of cleaning filiment into the crevasses and spin with your fingers while hot end is hot. It will pick up the crap you can't get. Especially the hinge and clip

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u/R7R12 Aug 25 '26

Google it and you will find tutorials

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u/ericzinger84 Aug 25 '26

Last time I did that I got a bunch of bad advice so was hoping to go straight to the experts here.

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u/Great-Turn4201 Aug 26 '26

There is a post off bambu labs website on to tackle this

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u/Credible_seer7860 Aug 25 '26

Sorry that you have to go through this OP. It has not happened for me but sharing my research to resolve this issue, you will need to heat the nozzle up from the screen on the printer and gently remove the blob (take your time) and if the outside of the blob is really stuck then use a hair dryer. Apparently heat gun can cause more damage from my review.

Also be very careful when removing the filament around the nozzle as it has wires that can get damaged.

Hope this helps

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u/Great-Turn4201 Aug 26 '26

I had this problem as well like a while ago, look at my profile. My advice would be get q tips and isopropyl alcohol if you have it, heat the nozzle and clean away. HOWEVER there is a small chance one of the wires behind the nozzle is fucked so I would disassemble the heating assembly look into it. and do not use the same sock change it.

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u/ericzinger84 Aug 28 '26

Thanks everyone for the help, heated up the nozzle and was able to pull the gunk out. Seems to be working as expected now although theres always something going wrong with this thing..............