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I've had a MK4S for over a week now, and 100% of the prints I've tried to make on the textured sheets have partially or totally failed. PLA prints beautifully on the smooth sheet, but PLA, PETG and ABS, I think I could print on the surface of a 10 inch tank of oil with more success than the textured sheet. Plastic doesn't stick to it. I've wiped it with isopopyl, I've washed it with dawn...it's a bad print surface and I want my money back.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've printed PETG on glue stick on glass since Obama was president and until this week I would have told you PETG doesn't peel the corners up like ABS does.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The only times I've had that happen was when the sheet wasn't clean enough (which yours definitely is if you've scrubbed it with dishsoap), bed temps too low or first layer being too close to the bed (though the textured sheet wants more squish)

The satin sheet is imo their best sheet, buildtak does some great surfaces in that size (pei sheet is great for even abs, their new surfaces are great too). I moved to using fr4/garolite sheets (I use this on my former mk3s, have a larger one for my voron too), not really found I needed adhesive for petg or pla on that.