Walked away from a print this morning and came back to a blob being dragged all over the printer.

The blob of pla was in and around the hot end sleave and just everywhere.

Is this salvageable or do I need a replacement hot end?

Printer is a creality k1

  • Fortatech@gregtech.eu
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    6 days ago

    You may be able to just heat up the hotend and remove the plastic with some tweezers, depending on how much of the extruder of covered.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      I’ve heated an xacto knife with a torch to do more precise heating in more delicate areas before.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      5 days ago

      This is the way. I’ve smurfed so badly the entire sock was covered. Still trucking.