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PLA no need a glue ?

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:42 am
by darkjorik
I'm shocked. :shock:
Just finish last printing without a glue for first layer.
Only pure glass plate and PLA filament.
Usually each time, I'm use glue or duct tape for a first layer.
Maybe this is a special PLA ?
Guys can you write me any other filament what I can use without glue ?
:roll:

Re: PLA no need a glue ?

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 2:17 pm
by jmpreuss
darkjorik wrote:I'm shocked. :shock:
Just finish last printing without a glue for first layer.
Only pure glass plate and PLA filament.
Usually each time, I'm use glue or duct tape for a first layer.
Maybe this is a special PLA ?
Guys can you write me any other filament what I can use without glue ?
:roll:
Did you use a heated bed? PLA does stick to clean glass if it is heated, there are people who do it that way.

Re: PLA no need a glue ?

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 6:03 pm
by Eaglezsoar
PLA will stick to an unheated bed, the lower end printers are sold without a heat bed just for the purpose of printing PLA.
The bed is usually covered in blue painters tape or simple copy paper that is clipped to the glass.
I know of no other filament that will stick to an unheated bed other than PLA. I do remember some experimentation with
some nylons with an unheated bed but I do not remember the specifics of the article or where I read it at.