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oblique hound Aug 28, 2023, 7:45 AM

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Just came home and found my 3d printer moving around a giant blob of pla so i cleaned off the build plate a inspected the hot end to see this mess. Pla is deep inside. Is there anything i can do salavge this, can a heat gun help me in this situation?

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solemn warren Aug 28, 2023, 7:59 AM

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Yes, try heating the hotend first and slowly remove the blobs with a plier. Get everything that you can. You can use a heatgun to soften the blob aswell but be careful not to melt thr plastic shroud

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After you clean it, you will need to figure ojr what causes the blob

oblique hound Aug 28, 2023, 8:08 AM

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It was a print that lost its adhesion to the print bed and it got caught on the hot end and just kept spewing plastic still.

stone river Aug 28, 2023, 12:23 PM

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what is that light blue thing, is that a plastic housing for the hotend? if so that is probably damaged because of the melted plastic

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Elegoo for instance says in their documentation: never leave a printer unattended for hours on end.

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