How do I clean this mess?
How do I clean this mess?
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OK, you're gonna need some things:
A heat gun, A wire brush, Bandaids, A stiff drink
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I heated up the nozzle separately in some boiling water and scraped off almost all of it. Then I put it back into the hot end and heated it up to 200 C, took it back out and q-tipped off a lot of the rest. There's still some but I'm running a print right now and it's working fine.
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A SWAT team ready to mobilize, street level maps covering all of Florida, a pot of coffee, 12 Jammy Dodgers and a fez.
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Mr. President, that man walked in here with a big blue box, and three of his friends. And, that's the man he walked past. One of them is worth listening to.
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It's the second random post in which I find you randomly throwing Doctor Who quotes. They're so on point every time, love that :D
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Does he look tired?
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Think up every swear word you know, because you're gonna need them all.
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A wire brush. Handheld, not attached to an electric grinder or something like that.
Cheap wire brushes should be available in most hardware stores. I know that ours carries them in the paint section.
Remove the nozzle and hold it with pliers or something.
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Lick the frosting off...
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Mmm... Microplastics
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Use a knife and carefully scrape off what you can while cold. Heat to printing temp and wipe off what you can. Cool down and clean with acetone if need be. Edit: do this only with metal pieces. Disassemble head if need be.
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Blow on it really hard.
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If the head is all metal, soak it in acetone
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What type of filament is that?
Maybe try a heatgun to soften it. I'm not sure, might damage the plastic casing.
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PLA
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PLA basically doesn't dissolve in any (readily available consumer-grade) solvents. Your best bet is going to be to take the entire unit as far apart as you can until it is metal only components, heat it with a heatgun to make the PLA soft/melt, and brush it all off with a brass cleaning brush.
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Nuke it from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
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I have heated it up just until plastic becomes malleable and used a damp cloth. I have also used a soft wire tooth brush to remove
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WIRE TOOTH BRUSH?!? BRUH?!?!
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For their hard metal teeth.
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This style wire toothbrush
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I just bought a new heating element when that happened to me.
I might go back with some acetone now after reading others' comments.
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Not for PLA
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Hrrmm. Does it still print? Personally I'd go with hope it kind of burns off over time with normal use. Others may disagree...
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Microwave
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Metal piece with many pointy pieces and neodymium magnets in a microwave? The sparks will damage the item and the oven. And won't melt the plastic
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