Big prints and glass bed (Page 1 of 2)

I use a Cricut spatula to remove prints.  It works sweet on Kapton.
They sell them online , walmart or target

enclose your build environment with plexiglass or even cardboard, this will help warping on larger prints

I would suggest using glass with the hairspray and small binder clips. Using hairspray just inside the printer could start to clog up various components.  Then you just take the glass out and put a new piece in there.  If you want to keep using the kapton and not glass on top of the kapton, just clean the kapton with a swipe of isopropyl alcohol instead of hairspray.

It is also important to let the bed cool off for awhile before trying to remove the print if you are on the kapton.  Another reason to use some cheap glass from your local hardware store instead.

Also try adding a skirt to give more surface area to stick

Yes I have a heated bed. Don't think that my z axis is the problem. Under 100 °C the abs won't stick... Maybe wrong hairspray?
I tested kapton tape on glass. Sticks perfect and produces less muck (removing the hairspray from the glass after the print).
My suggestion is to use kapton on glass. Easy to change, reuseable and sticks like hell!

There isn't really any need to clean the hairspray off the glass after a print, especially if you are just going to put more on for the next.  You can go several prints with one application of hairspray, and adding more just helps create the texture that the ABS grabs onto.

Having none of these problems. I take the glass of the bed and put it somewhere to cool down. Then you can easily remove the print and the kapton stays on the glass.
Kapton isn't that expensive. If you buy a piece of kapton at Solidoodle you can buy a full roll of kapton tape which I used for more than 2 glass beds and there is enough left

Hello everyone.  Just a tip I have discovered while walking through Walmart.  Go to the picture frame department, they have boxes of small mirrors, 6" for you SD2 guys, and 8" for Sd3 users.  Less than $4.00 each, a steal, you can't get cut glass for that cheap.  Also a mirror has to be perfectly smooth, or else the image would be blurred.  The 8" mirrors fit the SD3 bed perfectly, and I attach with small clips.  I just use Abs glue, no Kapton tape!  Bonus, these mirrors are concave on the sides, preventing a hot end crash if your bed is not leveled while homeing the extruder. 1/8 " thick...............Looks great also.
You must print the z-axes screw replacement part to use glass..... prints remove very easily, and stick well.
Also, while at Fry's, I found led strip lights, for around $40.00.  Remote control, color changes, fit the SD3 perfectly.

Not to be an Indian spammer or something, but my father and I actually ship in stuff like that from china. I have some samples of the LED strips and controllers if any of y'all want some, I can see what we can part with. I also have LED light bulbs flying out my wazoo...

And by the way, Fry's (like any retailer)gouges the shit out of people on those strips, they cost something like $2 a foot (Probably less).

Edit: I was way off with the prices

Unfortunately no.

But I did get this really interesting email from someone of Nigerian Royalty offering me Gold in exchange for a front payment...

In all seriousness, I've actually stoke some up to the underside of my shelving I'm using for my build area, it lights the area pretty well and I can change the colors. Now it just needs a printer!

Yeah, I was talking about multicolored lights, variable light patterns, remote control, 2 12" strips and connectors, power supply and controler for under $40.00. 
2x18=36 plus freight, no colors, no remote etc...  I rest my case....

What's the $18 from?  2x3 = $6 with free shipping (and no sales tax).  Nothing included, but a good source for parts if you're building something yourself.