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Topic: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

My S3 arrived a week ago. My background is software development, but have been reading about 3d printers for the last year, so was a bit prepared for what was involved. Still having problems with getting prints to stick. So far blue 3m painters tape and black "cloth tape" on glass are working the most reliably. Currently brewing some ABS glue to give that a go.

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

Have you tried aqua net hairspray?

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

No not yet - went to the local bulk store and got the only brand they sell, and it didn't seem to work well, maybe I needed to add more - use multiple coats and dry in between?. Not sure if you can get aquanet in New Zealand although I'm certainly not an authority on hair spray brands smile I seem to have a large variety of tapes around my house so I'm experimenting with all of these. And will be trying the abs glue in the next couple of days.

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

Hi cada, on hairsprays try to find one with a vinyl copolymer listed as an ingredient as that is one of the keys to aquanet working so well.

However if your going to be making some abs glue that should work excellent too smile

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

When I started printing on glass I tried three hairsprays and none of them worked except for aqua net.

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

tried some abs glue/soup - works really really well smile very happy with stickability now.

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

look for a hairspray that has vinyl copolymer  in it that seems to be a good ingredient.
i get my bed up to 80C before i spray quite a bit of hair spray on the hot bed.

i used to use this with good results and its pretty cheap
http://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/images/productimages/55645/original_CW.jpg

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Re: Hello - From Manawatu area in New Zealand

From down the road in Kapiti.  On the basis that cheapest is best for experimenting, I got some Budget hair spray for $4 from Pak n Save.  Seems to do the job quite nicely on glass.  Spray a light coat both sides, set bed temp to 95 and leave for 30 minutes before starting to print.  For simple shapes I use a 3mm brim as well (on an SD2).  Complex shapes, I print and hope.

So far that (and a PVA / Water mix) seems to work quite nicely.

*EDIT*

Just had a look, and vinyl co-polymer is listed as an ingredient of the budget strong hold hairspray - how about that wink