Heated Bed Adhesive Removal

[sfagrey]

Hey everyone, so i have Monoprice Maker Select v2 and, after not leveling the bed, I made a small dent in my Build Tak surface. This little dent showed up in every print, so i decided to switch out the Build Tak. However, tons of glue residue from the old surface remained after removal, and nothing i have used (Goop off, rubbing alcohol) can seem to pull the adhesive off the metal plate. Any suggestions?

[keebie81]

r/3Dprinting - I can't replace the print build tak on my wanhao i3

Use isopropyl alcohol and take lots of time

[SeattleZ]

Put a glass bed right over top of it. You can get one very affordably on Amazon and it will make your prints adhere much better.

[samholton]

It was a huge pain to remove. I basically just used my finger tips to “roll” it up little by little. I used some rubbing alcohol to wet it but not sure if that helped or made it worse. After I got a majority of the white paper like stuff off, cleaned the rest off of the sticky off with goo-gone. Attempted a putty knife but it scratches easily - could maybe try a plastic one.

[keebie81]

bare glass isnt safe. Eventually a part will stick too much and the glass will shatter and most likely cut you. You need some sore of material on top of the glass. And since its heated bed you also would want borosilicate glass which is more durable to the heat cycles.

[sfagrey]

Thanks!

[Garyg]

I believe your troubles have to do with not using a solvent that will dissolve the adhesive.

Goo-Gone and Goof-Off are not the same product!

Goof-Off is pretty good for most things.

I know some people will not appreciate my next comment, but here goes!

Isopropyl alcohol In my opinion will not clean much of anything other than removing the

oils that your hands leave behind when touching the build plate.

Rubbing Alcohol will do the same.

While Alcohol solvents are quite safe and smell pretty good to, they are normally not a Solvent of

the adhesive you are attempting to remove.

What I do is:

If base is glass or metal, I 1st try Lacquer thinner -

Lacquer thinner contains acetone and other nasty chemicals that evaporate and leave the surface clean,

dissolves most adhesives with good success.

My 2nd go to solvent is Mineral Spirits.

Mineral Spirits is also nasty and does not smell very good.

If the adhesive you are trying to remove will dissolve with Mineral Spirits that would be what I would use.

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You need to be careful when using Lacquer Thinner, Mineral Spirits or other nasty solvents because the liquid molecules are very

small and you can absorb them through the skin in your hands.

I tend to wear rubber gloves when using these nasty solvents.

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I hope this helps you in some manner!

[SeattleZ]

Obviously use glass designed for 3D printing that is tempered. The bed on every maker select I’ve ever heard of, including my own is warped or crowned badly. The glass bed is one of the only ways to get a truly flat build surface and great adhesion. I don’t even brim or raft, if the filament is properly loaded it prints the first layer directly and prints turn out great. If you’re worried about the glass surface itself, cover it in painters tape. You’ll be safe no matter what then.

[Alolucia]

Adding to this: if like me you don’t have lacquer thinner and you don’t want to buy it just for this reason, nail polish works too. Nail polish has acetone (except for a few exceptions), and helps to dissolve the adhesive. Mostly likely you or your partner will have a bottle in the house, or you can borrow one from a family member or a friend.

[hgabor47]

Hi, I removed the 3M adhesion without tools or aceton or any…
Heat the bed about 90C and remove a snippet from the adhesion. After tapping across from the all area with this snippet (my video)
I remove the adhesion about 30minutes.
Gabor

[Leslie883]

I basically just used my finger tips to “roll” it up little by little. I used some rubbing alcohol to wet it but not sure if that helped or made it worse. After I got a majority of the white paper like stuff off, cleaned the rest off of the sticky off with goo-gone. MyPrepaidBalance