News How to Fix 3D Prints Not Sticking to the Bed

[Admin]

3D prints not sticking to the bed is common, especially when you use certain materials. Get to know the practical solutions to bed adhesion issues and ensure that you get a perfect print.

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[peachpuff]

I don't understand why printers still have this issue, my tevo tornado from 2017 has a textured surface and everything sticks to it 🤷🏼‍♂️
Never had to use glue or hair spray to help adhesion.

 

[John Senai]

Thanks for this informative guide. I think its time I change my bed as I suspect that could be the issue.

 

[GoguyT3d]

I don't understand why printers still have this issue, my tevo tornado from 2017 has a textured surface and everything sticks to it 🤷🏼‍♂️
Never had to use glue or hair spray to help adhesion.

Honestly it's never the printers fault, it's almost always the user. Printing on bare glass is easy if you have your z offset properly calibrated, proper temps and dawn dish liquid cleaned bed, you have an upper advantage because of the black coated bed but I must warn you they do wear out(less stick) and I haven't had a bed adhesion issue since my first days of printing because of NanoPolymer adhesive and knowing exactly what a good z offset was, I currently use that and magigoo because they're both pretty much the same in the way they perform. One thing thousands of people do is grab a sticky note to set z offset, WRONG a sticky note can easily be squished more than it is and give you the idea that your z offset is perfect yet its probably never the same each time. A metal feeler gauge has my nozzle offset perfect every time on the first try because I use a .05mm, squish the hot nozzle onto it(right when I feel resistance I know it's touching) then lower the nozzle .05mm and I know I'm at true zero. Another fun topic of conversation is customers blaming the filament company for a poorly wound spool,WRONG. If you think about how a Coil is wound (and how fast) the single strand NEVER overlaps, yet another user error they don't even know is themselves.

 

[USAFRet]

A metal feeler gauge has my nozzle offset perfect every time on the first try because I use a .05mm, squish the hot nozzle onto it(right when I feel resistance I know it's touching) then lower the nozzle .05mm and I know I'm at true zero.

Sweet baby jebus thank you.

I never thought of using a feeler gauge for this, but I tried it just now.

blah blah blah...I just got the best full bed print test ever.

 

[Cynthia22]

I experienced issues only during the early days of 3D printing but now as long as the issues addressed in this article are okay I have never experienced it again.