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Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 6:46 pm
by jeffhuber
Not sure how else to describe this. I am getting pitting on the surface of the print. The weird thing is that I printed this with 0 retraction! (because I thought the issue was retraction). I'm using Cura to slice. any ideas?
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Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:04 pm
by Earthbound
Air bubbles in the filament?
If it was trapped moisture, I wouldn't expect the rest of it to look so nice.
Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:57 pm
by jeffhuber
it feels like 1 per layer - and often times they will "stack up" and be at the same place
so i doubt it's that :/
Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:26 pm
by Glacian22
Does it happen with other slicers too?
Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 12:02 am
by jeffhuber
havent tested that yet! good question though - i will try that
Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 1:48 pm
by jeffhuber
Printing with Slic3r seemed to help the problem (although it introduced others). I vastly prefer Cura for surface finish. anyone have experience with Cura and what might cause this or what to tinker with?
Re: Pitting on surface finish
Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 2:13 pm
by Surf314
Do you here pops when printing? This looks a little like the problems I had when I got a bad roll of filament with moisture problems. I dried it out in a ziplock storage bag with one of those silica dehumidifiers and it started printing OK again.