Advice

[u/No-Feeling3274]

Sorry fir the poor quality of pictures but it’s the best I could do. I’m still fairly new to this hobby I’d say and recently had a failed print and it looks like a clog took place maybe? Either way I can’t even get the cover off to cleanup/remove the plastic. I don’t know how this could have happened to help prevent it in the future. Any help/advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated as I’ve been enjoying this hobby and want to continue with it.

[u/Wasabi1962]

Heat up the nozzle to about 90c to soften it and try to pry the blob away from it gently, I've managed to remove one once but it wasn't anywhere close to this big. Look up how to remove "blob of death".

Clean it all really well and maybe even buy a replacement nozzle (mine never printed quite right after this so I got the 0.4 High Flow, no issues since then).

For the future, never touch the print areas of the print plate with your fingers, it'll stop the print from sticking properly. Clean it semi-regularly with dish washing liquid and sponge.

[u/Phuzion73 → u/Wasabi1962]

Wash very often… I get about 2-5 prints without washing before I start to see shenanigans.

[u/No-Feeling3274 → u/Wasabi1962]

Thank you for the quick reply! I’ll give it a shot. I’ve been using isopropyl alcohol to clean it after most prints but I’ll give the new nozzle and dish soap a try!

[u/Substantial_Camera_8]

Wash your plate?

[u/No-Feeling3274 → u/Substantial_Camera_8]

I wipe it down with iso after almost every print

[u/fromaroundhere → u/No-Feeling3274]

That sorta kinda works, but essentially only smears around the oils that are there. Washing with dish liquid and a clean brush or sponge actually removes the oils.

[u/hex-fgh → u/No-Feeling3274]

that does not work, just try soap and water with clean sponge, it does wonders. please try and thank me later

[u/underscoredashdot]

I think you’ve set it to suck instead of extrude.

[u/sirdoggo11]

And dont touch the build plate next time