<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Wire size to clean the nozzle]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/11833/wire-size-to-clean-the-nozzle/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:16:22 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Wire size to clean the nozzle]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/101654/#p101654 THank you guys for the quick answer

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:16:22 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/101654/#p101654 <![CDATA[Re: Wire size to clean the nozzle]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/101648/#p101648 go buy the thinnest guitar gauge you can find and use the high E string. the best way to clean a clogged nozzle that isn't on an e3d is to remove it and let it soak in some acetone. then poke in and clean the nozzle from the larger open end. poke the wire through from the large open end and through the output orifice. when you can see through the nozzle, it is clean (go outside and look through it)

sticking a wire through from the output side of the nozzle will only clean it for a short while, as the debris that's blocking the orifice will eventually find its way back to the output side of the nozzle. dealt with that for a while on my stock Solidoodle hotend.

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:47:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/101648/#p101648 <![CDATA[Re: Wire size to clean the nozzle]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/101647/#p101647 For a Da Vinci they are .4mm..

]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:29:40 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/101647/#p101647 <![CDATA[Wire size to clean the nozzle]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/101644/#p101644 I want to buy a wire from ebay to clean the nozzle... ( I lost the ones that came with the printer)

Do any of you know the wire diameter?????

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