Trick for using Glue Stick on Print Bed

I now there has been a lot of discussion around what types of tricks people use for getting their prints to stick to their print beds. This is a trick that I found on reddit, that really does work extremely well.

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• heat the bed to temperature, ~110-115C
• put a single, good coat of glue stick over the bed
• let the glue dry
• let the bed cool
• Use a razor blade and scrape of the dry glue
• Use a paper towel with rubbing alcohol to remove the remaining stuck glue.

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You will definitely need the razor blade in order ot get the glue off. Has anyone else used this method?

I know some people who only heat up the bed to 40C to make this work. I also read that there is no need to clean the glue from the building plate but just spread it again with a bit of water and a brush, then let it dry again.
I tried this method and it didn't work so well, I don't have a heated bed so I think it has something to do with the temperature doing the trick.

Gonna give this a try this evening... Will let you know how it goes.

I print PLA on glass using glue stick, no need to heat anything, just apply it to the surface and off you go. After a print I usually just wet my finger, smooth out the areas were the print was in contact with the bed and print again; after two or three times is a good idea to use glue stick again, depending on how good I want my print to stick.

@CaptainObvious, want to share the brand of glue stick you use, might be that i'm using the wrong one.

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Originally Posted by Egon van Engelen

@CaptainObvious, want to share the brand of glue stick you use, might be that i'm using the wrong one.

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UHU brand, they come in yellow tubes, small and large size.

Thanks, I will try if I can find that somewhere.

Thanks CaptainObvious. I just grabbed myself some UHU, and I must say, it works very nicely! Thanks for the tip.

I forgot to point out that after printing two or three times on the same layer of glue stick I clean the glass print bed with a wet tissue before re-applying the glue.