Sunlu filament hate thread

[outer nexus]

The fialment got tanlged 😭

[zinc geode]

Usually tangle is user error

[sweet crypt]

Yup

I’ve used sunlu for like a year and a half and I print A LOT. I have had no issues and have really good print quality

[flint pier]

sunlu is shit but there's no way it could tangle in the middle of the roll, that was on the user

[sweet crypt]

Bro Sunlu is good asf dawg I literally printed out an RC plane with it lol

What isn’t good is Amazon basics

That is terrible

[outer nexus]

i didnt touch it

[outer nexus]

i assume you're factoring in their sketchy business practices?

[sweet crypt]

Well let’s be honest. Most companies are sketchy as shit with some of the stuff they do

[outer nexus]

fair point

[sweet crypt]

Okay being honest tho. Sunlu pla has great quality except for the stringing. God the stringing is awful

[outer nexus]

and the bed adhesion

have to use way too much glue

[sweet crypt]

Also true

But I like it because the finish is a nice satin finish

[outer nexus]

yea

it would also be better if the colors were accurate to the pictures

[zinc geode]

This usually means you're printing too fast and/or too cold

[sweet crypt]

Well if that’s the case that’s interesting

Because I print at 220 and I have speeds at 100mm/s

Which is technically fast but I’ve calibrated it to do so

[zinc geode]

That's fairly fast for these temps

[sweet crypt]

Ender 5 btw

[zinc geode]

So also low melt zone

100mm/s on 0.2 LH 0.4 LW can max out MK8 hotend depending on the filament and temps

[sweet crypt]

Dude idk what you’re talking about bruh

I’ve gotten speeds of 180 printing really nice

I can send a vid

[zinc geode]

Each hotend can melt only limited amounts of filament in a given amount of time, we measure it in mm³/s, in case of MK8 this limit can be even as low as 7mm³/s

It's also question if you're reaching these speeds

[torpid ferry]

I spent the wholeday beside my goddamm printer because of the sunlu tangling

Worst experience with a filament I have encountered yet

[opal skiff]

Question. I get mild tangle/binding.. usually just the one loop around.. but user error. how can i prevent this?/ what am i doing wrong?

[zinc geode]

Usually tangling comes from a loose end, if you let the filament end go it can bounce around on spool and go under part of a filament next to it causing a tangle. Usually prevention is just keeping the filament always held by something, if not you, then special holes in the spool or a filament clip

[opal skiff]

it hasnt stoped a print yet. always clicking out before the print gets messed up. but i live in fear of the day it doesnt

ok so just handling

ty

[modern vapor]

I print my sunlu at 215 and 65 and it is working great so far

[pearl saffron]

For me, same filament but 200 and 60

[sharp kernel]

Amen to that. I've got 2 spools of ABS just sitting on my workbench cause they don't produce good parts

[scarlet condor]

so far between Sunlu and Overture, Sunlu have given me far more superior results, no tangle issues.

[forest kernel]

I have two spools of Sunlu sitting around being useless bc they suck

[marble echo]

I just found this thread while looking for a solution to my problem, now I'm wondering if it could be the sunlu filament I'm using?

Basically my prints keep failing because the filament is oozing and globbing up.

It ruined my original extruder, just completely filled every crevice with molten plastic.

Just got a new one and installed it today, the very first print got most of the way done before it stuck to the nozzle (may have gotten blocked) then just globbed up out of the nozzle.

I can't even bring myself to open it up and see the damage.

[torpid ferry]

i second this

[outer nexus]

The terrible bed adhesion of sunlu messed my extruder up too

[torpid ferry]

i agree it doesnt have the best bed adhesion but it cheap so...

[outer nexus]

And you can buy in bundles

[marble echo]

Would using hairspray or a gluestick fix that enough or is it just bad regardless?

[outer nexus]

If you use enough glue it'll stick most of the time

I haven't tried hairspray

Without glue there's like a 2% success rate

[torpid ferry]

works for me pretty much every time with no glue

[outer nexus]

Glass bed or textured?

[torpid ferry]

build tak style

[outer nexus]

I have glass bed

[outer nexus]

Sunlu filament hate thread