I am going to order polylite filament. I usally use inland from micro center, and i use a food dehydrator as a filament dryer. It seems to work. Should i use it for the filamenr when it comes in?
#Filament drying
azure bane
golden shale
I am going to order polylite filament. I usally use inland from micro center, an...
Which polylite will you be using? PLA most of the time doesn't require drying.
open hatch
my policy is to dry all filament as it so often can improve print quality
azure bane
my policy is to dry all filament as it so often can improve print quality
thats what i think. I dont know what filament i should get still
silent gate
I have had Polylite and Polyterra out for 6 or more months with 25% in home humidity. I have no issues grabbing a spool and printing right away with it. Of course, conditions may vary...
golden shale
I have had Polylite and Polyterra out for 6 or more months with 25% in home humi...
Same for me. There even were instances of 60+% RH and no issue.
golden shale
my policy is to dry all filament as it so often can improve print quality
Sometimes too much drying actually affects filament quality.
zealous ocean
As other's have said, standard Polymaker PLA shouldn't need to be dried right out of the box. Once you get into some of the specialty or other polymers (PETG, ABS, ASA) You'll need to be more concerned with it.
You can always do a quick test to make sure too. Load it up, extrude a bit into free air. If it comes out smooth you're good to go. If it comes out rough and with bubbles then it needs to be dried.
flat garden
I have had Polylite and Polyterra out for 6 or more months with 25% in home humi...
That’s actually really low humidity if accurate, on a dry day I’m lucky to see 35-40% humidity, and I live in quite a dry climate. However, even when my house is closer to 50% I can leave PLA out for DAYS, maybe even a couple of weeks before it’s any sort of issue