This is PETG, one was left out in about 40% humidity the other was dried to about 20%

  • hddsx@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    As someone who happened upon this and doesn’t know anything about 3D printing, why? Does the moisture make the ink(?) print poorly?

    • Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      Yes. Stringy. Some filament types such as TPU are more sensitive to moisture. Dryers take around 7 hours to dry a role. If you had a way to know the moisture content I assume you could shorten that time. Again different filament types dry at different rates.

      • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        You can weigh it before you start drying it and weigh it again every few hours until it stops getting lighter.

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      8 days ago

      I mean, it’s quite obvious from the pic.

      The colors are totally different.

      /s