Originally Posted by
JSensebe
If you're using glue stick, it's water soluble. After a good scraping to get off the big messes, I use a wet paper towel to wipe away the rest. The glue will return to its purple color when wet, which makes it easy to see what's there. I never have a problem with plastic residue remaining on the plate, though. Maybe because of the glue stick?
Unfortunately, my blue sticker is nearing the end of its life. Heating the plate to 110° has caused a bubble to form in the center (which incidentally is the reason my calibration cube was concave on the bottom). I have no idea how to safely remove the sticker or how to place the backup Qidi provided without creating more bubbles.
Granted, I haven't researched the matter at all yet. For now, I'm just moving my prints a bit to the right to avoid the bubble.
I printed my first real part in ABS yesterday. It was a small piece to repair my A/C return vent. One of the bits of aluminum that's supposed to stop the door from folding in too far was broken off, so I built a snap-in replacement. Works good, but I may revisit it to see if I can make it even better at some point. Getting the tolerances right when snapping to pre-made parts is tricky. The nice thing is, since the part is so small, it prints in five minutes, not counting heat-up and cool-down.