I watched a 3D printing youtuber say that Adam Savage said 20% but 10% is what he uses.

I have never seen my sunlu dryer show anything bellow 23% even after days of use and I have no idea how to achieve 10 without cooking the filament.

  • Rikudou_SageAEnglish
    3•4 months ago

    I’ve had issues with wet PLA filament that were solved immediately by drying it.

    • @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•4 months ago

      Likewise, I have had PLA get brittle and snap on the way to the extruder when left loaded on the printer and exposed in my basement for extended periods, but this behavior disappears after I bake it in the filament dryer, even on the same spool.

      • ShadowRam
        2•4 months ago

        You solved that via annealing and releasing the stress in the PLA, not by drying it.

    • ShadowRam
      1•4 months ago

      What issues? Brittleness?

      You solved that via annealing and releasing the stress in the PLA, not by drying it.

      • @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1•4 months ago

        I’ve had bad stringing before with PLA, drying it made it go away completely with the exact same print settings and model.

        I’d argue that the vast amount of (recent, not only older) resources available online showing similar experiences to mine disproves your statement that PLA has no issues with moisture retention.