Random banding issue. Layers don't line up perfectly.

[pjfossee]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll definetly be moving to blue painters tape for the time being it looks like. And Chadd, it was actually your thread that gave me the answer. Thanks! I'll be ordering a solid state relay soon. If I have these issues with PLA and a heated bed can I assume I will have them with ABS as well? If so hopefully a SSR will solve that. I'll probably build am enclosure while I'm at it.

[Chadd]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll definetly be moving to blue painters tape for the time being it looks like. And Chadd, it was actually your thread that gave me the answer. Thanks! I'll be ordering a solid state relay soon. If I have these issues with PLA and a heated bed can I assume I will have them with ABS as well? If so hopefully a SSR will solve that. I'll probably build am enclosure while I'm at it.

The higher the bed temp the worse the warping will be because the heat bed has to kick on and off so much, so yes you will likely have more issues with ABS than PLA. But both will look like crap until you get the bed warping taken care of.

Once you get it fixed the difference is literally unbelievable, it not only fixes appearance but also will fix things like layer delamination, first layer issues, nozzle dragging, strings, etc etc..