Comment on WTF why my filament exploded?

Shadow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought it before COVID but I opened the box just one week ago. It was wet (lots of stringing) but after a quick drying session it printed ok (photos coming soon). Then I put it back in my IKEA dry box

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You didn’t dry it enough. You only dried the outside, the inside was still wet and brittle. Once you used up the dry stuff it broke.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    How quick is quick? I have a heated dry box, so all new filament gets at least a 24 hour spa treatment. If I know it’s wet, it lives in it until color indicating silica gel no longer changes, then another day for good measure.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I opened the box just one week ago

    Was it in an air-tight bag in that box?

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    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They used heat shrink packaging, which doesn’t look very airtight 🫩

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Even the thick plastic bags are semi permeable. Eventually every sealed filament will soak up moisture.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Heat shrink packaging is typical and should be fine. Strange.

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