Cleaning nozzles after removing?
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Cleaning nozzles after removing?
I am curious...what is the best way to clean up the remaining PLA stuck in the nozzle after you remove it? (Using the Ultimaker 2 remove filament method and while it does a good job, there's still stuff in there)
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
I usually do a cold pull before switching nozzles, works fine most of the time.
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
Yeah, hindsight...the nozzle is out now
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
I always do an atomic pull clean when switching nozzles, you should be able to reinsert it and do the clean.
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
For some filaments the cold pulls do not work properly (actually for everything except PLA). So I leave it in the nozzle. But I rarely use the unload procedure from the printer as then I get a strain (not true for Woodfill). Heating up the cold retracted material to 85-100°C and pulling it out leaves an amount of filament left in the nozzle but not in the heater block.
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
I know how I do it (manually) on the UMO is vastly different than the UM2+
I wonder, on the UM2+, what temp it retracts the filament?
I wonder, on the UM2+, what temp it retracts the filament?
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Re: Cleaning nozzles after removing?
With the change temperature of the currently selected filament. It can be or is defined in the material list.