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[–] romano@lemmy.shtuf.eu 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

PEI is one of the best surfaces you will ever find to print on, although I believe one type of filament (I think a variation of PLA?) sticks too well and can damage the PEI trying to take prints off…

That's PETG. I avoid using smooth PEI plates like fire when PETG is loaded. Even after swapping the filament to PLA, little bits of residual PETG can still stick leaving a shadow on the plate. Textured PEI is mostly fine, but single layer stuff like brims are a pain to get off.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Ah thanks for that! I can never remember PETG, probably because I've never used it myself.