PEI, you find it at Amazon 0.1 inch thick, made some ABS clips to slide it in n out of the platform and hold it tight on the front with a paper clip. It comes glossy like glass, I sanded it down with 400 grit to have a smooth but flat finish. Don’t need to squish the material, actually give it enough room to lay down nicely. Let the bed heat well, make sure you are dead level too and go. ABS, PLA and HIPS stick perfectly, when the print is done, remove it, let it cool and flex a bit. That is it parts just pop off the plate. See pic.
I’ve been using the TAK printing surface from Afinia and find it a bit too adhesive. Removing models becomes a bit too intensive. I’m curious if you have experience with borosilicate glass. Does this work better? Also following up with HIPS. Just curious why you use HIPS for.
Yes that is the PEI I use, I never used glass, but the biggest benefit over glass would be the no messy abs slurry. I just sand and wipe with alcohol periodically and it shows no signs of wear or loss of performance.
I tried HIPS because I read something in the Internet that it was stronger than ABS but nearly zero warp like PLA, works well up to 260 degrees too.
I have an UP! Mini which is basically an Afinia. I have had great prints using Makergeeks.com ABS filament, as well as eSun (just search on Amazon). I can’t really get any PLA to print reliably other than the Afinia brand, but they are 3x the price of everything else and only come in a very limited range of colors.
Which PolyMakr PLA did you use? PolyPLUS or PolyMAX? Did you have to make any adjustments or just set the printer to PLA?
Awesome! Thanks! I want to print with PLA but paying $40 for 500 grams seems a little outrageous, plus they seem to have a very limited color palate. Appreciate the help!
