• BigDanishGuy
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    4 days ago

    First rule of PETG-club is “dry your filament”, second rule of PETG-club is “dry your filament”… Thrid rule? Nope, it’s “store your filament dry”

    Jokes aside, other things you could look at:

    • nozzle, how worn is it?
    • calibration tests: did you do a temp tower? Calibration cube? Retraction test?
    • The vertical surface doesn’t necessarily have that appearance as a result of wet filament. In my experience, wet PETG will result in more random variations than that. It looks too regular IMHO, is everything that should be tightened actually tightened?
    • have you calibrated the extruder steps?
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      3 days ago

      I would bet on retraction here. Dial that in and 90% of the stringing goes away.

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        3 days ago

        Or just use a textured PEI plate at the proper bed temperature. There is very little need for special adjuncts to print PETG.

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        4 days ago

        I pop my PEI bed with finished print into the freezer for about 5 minutes. Pops right off, every time. No tape, no glue, I just wash the bed with soapy water between prints.