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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  40 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 2, 2025

I feel I should mention that I printed about 4kg worth of filament that a buddy had stored in his garage in a rubbermaid tub for six years. I think it was all PLA. This is in maritime Washington State, no climate control, stuff wasn't even in ziplocs. As a consequence I'm skeptical that moisture matters as much as has been implied.

I do keep my filament in vacuum-evacuated ziplocks with a little desipack but that's the extent of my prevention.

I think that formulation can be shit, and what people think is "moisture" is actually 'shit formulation' because they don't print enough. I, on the other hand, would buy 3 1kg rolls in the same lot, print one in two days, and then the second one would be garbage while the third one would be fine. Talkin' less than a week.





OftenBen  ·  40 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Any errors I have ever had with my printers or individual prints not sticking I have been able to resolve with sufficient tinker time so I always just assumed the problem was something I did.

kleinbl00  ·  40 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My issues are never with "not sticking." My issues are always with delamination, stringing, and crashes. Bad filament fucking curls up and gets cumulatively shittier.