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Ambient bed temperature indicates the bed was unheated. | |||
|Platform Material||Adhesive||Adhesive UPC||Adhesion||Finish||Comments | = PLA Adhesion= | ||
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! style="text-align:center;"|Platform Material||Bed T, °C||Adhesive||Adhesive UPC||Adhesion||Finish||Comments | |||
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|Glass mirror||50||None||NA||3-4||3||First layer distance from nozzle to bed is critical. | |||
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|Glass mirror||Ambient||None||NA||2-4||3||First layer distance from nozzle to bed is critical. | |||
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| | |Glass mirror||Ambient||Scotch® purple glue stick Cat. 6115||5113159109||TBD||TBD||TBD | ||
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| | |PET tape||Ambient||Scholastic® glue stick||TBD||4||2||Required occasional reapplication, gentle wipe with wet towel refreshed surface nicely. | ||
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| | |Glass mirror||Ambient||Scholastic® glue stick||TBD||4||2||More frequent reapplication than with PET tape, didn't respond as well to wet towel. | ||
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| | |Window glass||Ambient||Elmers® spray adhesive||TBD||5||1||Sharpened putty knife needed for removal and readily stuck to part. | ||
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|Glass mirror||Elmers& | |Glass mirror||Ambient||Scotch® purple glue stick Cat. 6115||5113159109||4||2|| | ||
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|Glass mirror||Ambient||Elmers® Washable Disappearing Purple School Glue Stick E523||2600000523||TBD||TBD||TBD | |||
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|Glass mirror||Ambient||Suave® extreme hold hairspray||7940018158||2||3||Unreliable adhesion | |||
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|Window glass||Ambient||Tresemme® TBD hairspray||TBD||1||NA||No evidence of adhesion. | |||
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|Window glass||Ambient||Pritt Stick||96010242||4||2|| | |||
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|Granite Tile||Ambient||School Smart Purple Glue Stick||078692||4||2||Light application each time, remove buildup with razor blade, no wet towel | |||
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= ABS Adhesion= | |||
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! style="text-align:center;"|Platform Material||Bed T, °C||Adhesive||Adhesive UPC||Adhesion||Finish||Comments | |||
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|Window glass||100||Blue tape||TBD||4||2||Required occasional reapplication, gentle wipe with wet towel refreshed surface nicely. | |||
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|Window glass||Ambient||PLA raft on blue tape||NA||3||1||Worked well with small part, need testing with larger parts. | |||
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|Window glass||110||ABS and acetone slurry||NA||4||1||Part comes off easily when bed returns to room temp | |||
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=Silicone Adhesion= | |||
Silicone sticks to almost everything, so adhesion can actually be a problem when it comes to separating the part from the print surface. The following table follows the same format as previous tables, but in this case poor adhesion is a good outcome. | |||
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! style="text-align:center;"|Platform Material||Bed T, °C||Adhesive||Adhesive UPC||Adhesion||Finish||Comments | |||
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|Window glass||ambient||Wax paper||NA||5||NA||Once cured, there is no separating the part from the wax paper. If attended to before completely cured, it can be separated. | |||
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|Window glass||ambient||HDPE||NA||1||NA||The HDPE was cut from a milk jug and was not flat, which presents a different problem. The cured part separated beautifully. | |||
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[[category:MOST methods]] | |||
==Other resources for bed adhesion== | |||
* http://reprap.org/wiki/Heated_Bed#Surface_Materials | |||
* http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/06/23/12-ways-to-fight-warping-and-curling/ | |||
* http://www.instructables.com/id/100-Warp-Free-MakerBot-3D-Printing/ |
Revision as of 10:47, 24 May 2014
Experience with Bed Adhesion Agents
Adhesion scale:
- Hopeless - didn't adhere at all
- Evidence of adhesion, but parts come loose too easily
- Blue tape-like adhesion - sticks well but some issues with warping and/or occasional parts coming loose from bed
- Superior to blue tape - stays flat, very few issues with parts loosening
- Kryptonite bond - parts almost never come loose
Finish scale:
- Blue tape-like mottled finish or adhesion agent sticks to part on removal from platform
- Intermediate - glassy and mottled or some adhesion agent comes off with part
- Glassy smooth
Ambient bed temperature indicates the bed was unheated.
PLA Adhesion
Platform Material | Bed T, °C | Adhesive | Adhesive UPC | Adhesion | Finish | Comments |
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Glass mirror | 50 | None | NA | 3-4 | 3 | First layer distance from nozzle to bed is critical. |
Glass mirror | Ambient | None | NA | 2-4 | 3 | First layer distance from nozzle to bed is critical. |
Glass mirror | Ambient | Scotch® purple glue stick Cat. 6115 | 5113159109 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
PET tape | Ambient | Scholastic® glue stick | TBD | 4 | 2 | Required occasional reapplication, gentle wipe with wet towel refreshed surface nicely. |
Glass mirror | Ambient | Scholastic® glue stick | TBD | 4 | 2 | More frequent reapplication than with PET tape, didn't respond as well to wet towel. |
Window glass | Ambient | Elmers® spray adhesive | TBD | 5 | 1 | Sharpened putty knife needed for removal and readily stuck to part. |
Glass mirror | Ambient | Scotch® purple glue stick Cat. 6115 | 5113159109 | 4 | 2 | |
Glass mirror | Ambient | Elmers® Washable Disappearing Purple School Glue Stick E523 | 2600000523 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Glass mirror | Ambient | Suave® extreme hold hairspray | 7940018158 | 2 | 3 | Unreliable adhesion |
Window glass | Ambient | Tresemme® TBD hairspray | TBD | 1 | NA | No evidence of adhesion. |
Window glass | Ambient | Pritt Stick | 96010242 | 4 | 2 | |
Granite Tile | Ambient | School Smart Purple Glue Stick | 078692 | 4 | 2 | Light application each time, remove buildup with razor blade, no wet towel |
ABS Adhesion
Platform Material | Bed T, °C | Adhesive | Adhesive UPC | Adhesion | Finish | Comments |
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Window glass | 100 | Blue tape | TBD | 4 | 2 | Required occasional reapplication, gentle wipe with wet towel refreshed surface nicely. |
Window glass | Ambient | PLA raft on blue tape | NA | 3 | 1 | Worked well with small part, need testing with larger parts. |
Window glass | 110 | ABS and acetone slurry | NA | 4 | 1 | Part comes off easily when bed returns to room temp |
Silicone Adhesion
Silicone sticks to almost everything, so adhesion can actually be a problem when it comes to separating the part from the print surface. The following table follows the same format as previous tables, but in this case poor adhesion is a good outcome.
Platform Material | Bed T, °C | Adhesive | Adhesive UPC | Adhesion | Finish | Comments |
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Window glass | ambient | Wax paper | NA | 5 | NA | Once cured, there is no separating the part from the wax paper. If attended to before completely cured, it can be separated. |
Window glass | ambient | HDPE | NA | 1 | NA | The HDPE was cut from a milk jug and was not flat, which presents a different problem. The cured part separated beautifully. |