Holes after swapping to matte filament

[crystal tartan]

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It is possible that the popping noises and holes are due to moisture in the filament. Matte PLA filament generally contains additives that make it more prone to absorbing moisture. I would recommend drying the filament before use by storing it in a dry box or using a filament dryer. Increasing the temperature slightly or adjusting the flow rate may also help improve the print quality. It's always a good idea to refer to the manufacturer's recommendations as well.

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[shut drift]

Ignore the inconsistent layer lines, that’s another issue I’m already trying to work out that was already happening

Unless I was sent old filament it should be entirely dry cause I literally popped the vacuum seal and put it straight on the printer

[shut drift]

I’m reducing my retraction from 6mm to 4mm. Hopefully it should keep it from creating bubbles in the nozzle. That’s my only guess I could have as to what’s causing it. Assuming since the matte filament is more stretchy then it retracts differently from the normal PLA

Cause this was what I got directly before on the exact same setting with normal PLA

[granite siren]

New filament doesn't mean dry filament. You should tune your pla profile for matte filament, apparently it prints quite differently to the normal pla.

[shut drift]

I’ve gathered that much. I abandoned the first print and started a new one with lower retraction

No popping yet

Though it didn’t seem to start happening until further up the print

First hole was like 15 layers up. Though I did find that somehow I accidentally enabled printing outer layers first so maybe in some way that caused it? Or at least caused them to appear on the outside because of them printing sooner after a retraction

I mean at least so long as I can get them to happen on the inside I’ll be somewhat satisfied lol