Removing the blue 3M platform stickers

[dommer2029]

Thanks, DJ. I'm thinking the same thing. Does the glass plate work well for ABS? One source I saw said that for ABS printing, a thin layer of ABS dissolved in acetone should be placed on the glass, which is, itself, difficult to clean and restore.

[djprinter]

Thanks, DJ. I'm thinking the same thing. Does the glass plate work well for ABS? One source I saw said that for ABS printing, a thin layer of ABS dissolved in acetone should be placed on the glass, which is, itself, difficult to clean and restore.

Printing ABS on glass is really simple, I use "abs juice" which is just abs dissolved in acetone to about the consistency of milk. I apply it by dampening a paper towel with a little acetone and then dropping about 5-6 drops of the juice onto the rag and wiping it down--couldn't be simpler. ABS sticks to it VERY well, sometimes too well, but since the glass bed is removable I just pop it in the freezer for a couple minutes and the parts come right off.

There's really no need to clean the abs juice off the glass, just wipe it down with more acetone and it just respreads the juice, I usually get about 5 prints before I have to add more.

Some people use hairspray instead, but I hate spaying that stuff in my shop.

One thing I highly recommend when using glass is to use some 0.5mm thermal padding (the kind that people use to hold heatsinks to cpus) to keep it on the build plate, instead of metal clips which could be hit by the extruder, or the printed corner clips which come loose and ruin prints (in my experience). Thermal padding holds the plate securely but allows it to easily be removed and replaced.

I use this stuff: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=sr_1_4&sr=8-4

I cut it into 5 2" squares, one for each corner and one in the middle. You could cover the entire build plate which would give you more even heating, but I suspect that would be hard to remove. These pads don't have adhesive but they physical bond they have with flat materials like glass and the build plate is pretty strong.