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Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I don’t think I have acetone, but if I try other things and they don’t work then I’ll try this.

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Oxidant6283@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s readily available as regular old nail polish remover

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morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What type of filament? Acetone doesn’t do much to things like pla or petg, stuff that works aren’t things you generally want around the house, industrial solvents and stuff.

Cold pull as others recommended, nozzles are consumables, def should keep some around. Cleaning filament works pretty well in my experience if you have a partial clog. Have had some success soaking partially clogged nozzles in acetone (not the best but it’s something with long enough residence times), but that won’t get you up and running today.

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- Oxidant6283@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It definitely works on PETG, PLA and most other plastics. I use it on some of my prints that need to be watertight. It leaks through the tiny cracks and seals them. Have you actually used acetone on any of these filaments…? I use them regularly for this purpose and I can’t understand why you would say it “doesn’t do much”…?
  
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  - morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Softening and that, maybe? But it really depends on the filament brand too, as far as I’m aware, acetone doesn’t readily dissolve in acetone which is what’s meant by not doing much
    
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- Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yep, I do have a sock, but one time the filament ended up just building up inside the sock, so it hasn’t been too helpful lol
  
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  - morbidcactus@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Mmmm, yeah that sucks, that first block I mentioned was an older style that wasn’t fixed in place and I must have twisted it accidentally after a nozzle change, super slow leak just enveloped the thing, didn’t help there either!
    
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