I find that I spend too much time ensuring that I get every speck of support material off the print plate long after I’ve removed the actual print.
When it comes to the skirt, I always set it to be two layers tall for this exact reason, and I was hoping it’s possible to do the same with the support base.
EDIT: PETG on textured printsheet
3 things that help me with PETG when it comes to separate it from the plate:
I actually use a cake knife. No hard edge and it helps lift prints easily. Plus they come in all sizes for larger prints.
Oh dude, glue stick 100%. PETG is my preferred print material, wouldn’t dream of printing without the glue stick.
Use a smooth plate as well.
I accidentally got such good adhesion with the prusa smooth plate and PETG that I ripped the PET(?) lining off the plate
Exactly what I’m talking about, this is why I’m using glue. If you’re talking about a textured plate it’s probably PEI
I’m actually using spray glue (3dlac) usually with a textured PEI (rarely a smooth PEI) plate. I’m also using PET/PEO (double sided) plate with PETG (without glue) - adhesion is really good, but not too good (so it’s easy to clean).
Never had to use glue. Just soap and water then wipe down the plate. Also have a dryer (got the crealty one) and made sure it’s hella dry(14% is what I print at) then run my bed at 90c and the nozzle temp at 248. Haven’t had issues since I did that.
Yeah, I dry my filament (especially PETG) with one of those too. I don’t have to use glue, it just makes PETG easier to remove from the plate. Otherwise it can stick to the plate too well (had a case where I removed the model with some of the PEI coating).
Ah so you’re using it as a removal agent vs a sticking agent. That’s interesting. I am using the stock mk3s plate and recently bought a textured plate. I haven’t had any issues with stuff sticking yet, but I haven’t printed anything that has a large area on the bed. Everything I stand up, although I’m experimenting with lithophanes and that’s giving me a whole new level of pain in the ass to deal with.