i think I have a clog

[worn falcon]

My printer refuses to print for around five seconds of starting a print, then begi ns to start on the print after 10 or so. It also looks to be blowing air bubbles.
Are these symptoms of a clog? If so.ething else? I don't have pictures yet, I'm at work and left it this morning very angry lol

Anycubic kobra plus, using pla+ at 205c, .2 layer, and it does it for the first layerish, like it seems to be sorta okay after 10 or 15 seconds of no printing which means the print failed in the first place.

I'm also a noob so I'm kinda lost in sauce. I'm ordering a new ardened steel nozzle for later cf filament use, but it's essentially a hail mary to fix my current issue. I'd like to fix it without replacing the nozzle yet, though. I appreciate any and all who read through my ramblings. Ty.

Could it be curaslicer?

[charred mountain]

"blowing air bubbles"

Do you mean you hear "popping sound?" When the filament extrudes?

[spiral folio]

in that case would that mean it’s wet?

[charred mountain]

Yes. Filament needs to be dried then

[spiral folio]

you can do that with a filiment dryer

can filiment be too dry?

[charred mountain]

Exactly a filament dryer does the trick. Or even a cheap food dehydrator.

[charred mountain]

In my experience, yes. I've had "overcooked" / too dry filament. They became too brittle. So be careful when drying wet filament.

[spiral folio]

yeah i’m just waiting to get money for one tbh they’re like £40-50

[spiral folio]

my old teacher gave me some extremely brittle pla which is really pretty but the problem is it is really brittle, got any ideas? it prints fine it’s just brittle asf

[charred mountain]

I'd dry it still. If it improves with let's say 2 hours of drying, I'd continue drying until it dries to acceptable state.

[charred mountain]

Good luck 🍀🍀🍀