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Cleaning nozzles

Posted by hokanp

hokanp

Cleaning nozzles
January 09, 2018 02:23PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 13

Hi
Anyony have a advice about how to Clean the nozzle for PLA ?
I remove the nozzle with the heater on, not possible on Cold heater.
The nozzle is after that full of PLA and it get hard quickly.
So, best tips for removing the PLA?
Thanks

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JustSumGuy

Re: Cleaning nozzles
January 09, 2018 02:51PM

Registered: 6 years ago
Posts: 262

look up the 'atomic' pull method.

Basically you heat up the tip to near printing temp then pull the filament out quick, it clears alot from the tip all the way up.

then removing the tip cold is pretty easy as most of the plastic is out of there...

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/09/2018 02:53PM by JustSumGuy.