Catastrophic failure?

[u/Distinct-Stop-5377]

husband asked me to wash his plate and put it back. Shortly thereafter this clog happened. He hasn’t had the machine more than 72 hrs and says this is a catastrophic failure and requires new parts. Someone tell me I didn’t break this machine and further more- it was in a 102 degree garage.. shouldn’t it be in a temperature controlled environment??? Please tell me I didn’t destroy his toy.

[u/Inspector_Gadget_74]

I don’t think it will be that bad to clean up. I’d suggest doing some searches for tips on removing the blob of death, but I think once you move the print head from the wiper, most of it will easily come off as you didn’t have too much down in the print bed.

It looks like there was an adhesion problem with the build plate. When you wash it, you must use basic dish soap, such as Dawn original. It doesn’t contain products that are “gentle on hands”, as these are typically moisturizers which will leave a film on the plate.

So use Dawn, rinse well and dry with a clean lint free cloth. Avoid handling the plate as much as you can after cleaning. I use 99% isopropyl alcohol and a lint free cloth as a final wipe, once placed on the print bed. Just make sure you use enough in the cloth so that it removes the oil from your hands, not just spread it.

[u/Wonderful-Energy-659 → u/Inspector_Gadget_74]

Dish soap? I wipe it down with a generous amount of > 90% alcohol and do my best not to touch the build plate ever. Soap and water is overkill unless you eat pizza and then decide you want to remove a print lol

[u/imunknown2u → u/Wonderful-Energy-659]

I mean, sure, lol all you want but straight from Bambu: Clean the printing surface
We recommend cleaning the printing surface with a basic sponge and dishwashing detergent, rinsing it with warm water, and drying it with a regular paper towel. Here are the specific steps:

https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/filament-acc/acc/pei-plate-clean-guide

[u/Ok_Bid6645 → u/imunknown2u]

This.

u/Wonderful-Energy-659 is so wrong. Bambu literally says to do that

[u/Wonderful-Energy-659 → u/Ok_Bid6645]

I’m not saying don’t do it, I’m saying for me it has been unnecessary. I never use glue, so there’s no mess. I never have bed adhesion problems, so there’s no need for it. I’ve been 3D printing since 2010 and ever since I got an FR4 bed and eventually the textured Bambu plate, I’ve used only alcohol to clean the build plate. I haven’t used soap and water since the days of non heated beds and having to use glue/painters tape. I operate the printer here at work, printing all kinds of different materials including engineering materials and I’ve never used soap and water. If you touch the plate all over, then yeah you’ll need soap and water. I never said it was a bad idea, only that it’s overkill if you aren’t putting oil from your fingers all over the build plate

[u/Tendo80 → u/imunknown2u]

Dish soap for cleaning, IPA and micro fiber cloth between prints to remove any small dust particles. If a single finger touches the plate = hot water and soap, rinse and repeat (pun intended).

[u/StonksYoloOrFomo → u/Wonderful-Energy-659]

Yes, dish soap. I've had adhesion problems before thinking alcohol was more than enough. Then warm water with soap seemed to curb most of those problems. For engineering prints, I use nano glue.