HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

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HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by metrons » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:20 pm

hey gang. i tried printing with this Hips Pla last night. The print seemed to be working fine and this morning i found this mess...am i not supposed to use blue tape for this material? it seemed to be sticking fine last night and then... it started releasing i guess? first time printing with this

my temps are 220
head bed 0
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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by jimc » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:45 pm

Well that is an unusual alloy for a plastic. You can probably expect properties of both. If you are used to pla and never printed abs/hips then this is probably the trouble. You can expect the material to warp pretty bad compared to pla but probably not as bad as abs/hips. For that material i would print it using glue stick or hairspray.

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by metrons » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:11 pm

ok, i'll try glue stick tonight. i'm going to try heatbed around...80-90?

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by jimc » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:37 pm

Yes i would atleast start by treating it like abs.

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by insta » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:18 pm

Yes, absolutely a heated bed, plus an ABS slurry. HIPS is just the "S" part of "ABS", do as jimc says and absolutely treat it like ABS.
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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by metrons » Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:45 am

i'm doing a temperature of

245c
and 100 print bead. that sound ok to you guys? never printed with this stuff. abs was working dandy with these RSilver settings i have.

appreciate all the help. as always.

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by jimc » Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:47 am

that sounds like a good place to start to me.

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by metrons » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:12 pm

just fyi, the print worked perfecly using the abs presets from RSilvers. thanks a ton guys. probably the best print i've gotten yet!

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by mlhmail » Sun Jan 11, 2015 3:49 pm

Hi.
#1 That's Chinese PLA, so who knows what's really in it…

#2 Hairspray (Aquanet) on the glass, 60c bed temp - works like a charm - every time!

Granted, I have other problems getting my M2 to print right every time - but getting the PLA to stick isn't one (after I learned about Aquanet!)

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Re: HIPS PLA not sticking to bed?

Post by metrons » Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:37 am

Have u tried purple glu stick? Has been working out nicely for abs and this material. Easy to clean up too.

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