The repeated retraction and expansion seems to do a great job of loosening stubborn prints. Turn your bed to 70 degrees Celcius, and the print might be warm enough to pop off. If you’ve already allowed the bed to cool, then you can try reheating it again. If you keep trying to no avail, or if the print will be damaged in any way, try something else. Ones with a longer handle can also give your more leverage to get underneath the print. You can buy rounded tools online, which have helped me out a lot with removing prints.
Another is to use take a flat head screwdriver and press it forward underneath the putty knife. One is to slowly push forward until it pops off. If you do manage to get a putty knife under the first layer, you have two options. Try your best to find this spot and get the tool under the base layer. If you get lucky, you may find an area of the print that has less adhesion. When you use these, always try to make the angle as low as possible to avoid scraping the bed.įirst, put the sharp edge of the putty knife into one side of your print. Here’s a cool Thingiverse print for a razor scraper.īe warned, sharp tools can and will damage your bed. You can use any putty knife for this, or even a razor blade. Pulling it towards you is a terrible idea. If you decide to use any kind of sharp tool for this purpose, always push away from your body. Most 3D printers come with a putty knife just for this purpose. In the event that the floss won’t fit underneath the print, and it still won’t come off, move on to the next method. You can even use a flat head screwdriver to pry the rest off. Be careful not to get the string stuck around your hand.Īlso, the floss can clear a path for sturdier tools to fit underneath. If you find that the dental floss slips out of your hands, try wrapping it around your hand once or twice for better grip. You can even use a paint scraper to push underneath and pop it off. Once it’s able to fit underneath, keep wiggling it until the print is loose enough to pull off. Moving it back and forth while pulling towards you, slowly wiggle it underneath the part. Next, place the floss on the backside of your print. Make sure your bed is removed or stable so it doesn’t move around while doing this. To do this, take a long piece of dental floss and hold one end in each hand. Surprisingly, it worked! It came off much easier than I thought it would. I mean, how’s a little piece of string going to move something that is this stuck? When I first heard about this, I didn’t think this would ever work. There are a lot of awesome tricks you can try. Cracking noises or breaking layers means you definitely shouldn’t keep going. Try pushing on the very top of your print forwards and see if that helps loosen it up. Using leverage might work for taller prints you make. If you hear any cracking (especially with more delicate prints) stop immediately. Sometimes the small amount of force is able to dislodge it, and you’re ready to get on with your next print. If you attempt this, be careful not to hurt yourself or break your print.įirst, try grabbing the print and moving it back and forth. Manually removing the print is always the first thing that you can try. After searching for a long time for solutions, I have compiled a long list of what has worked for me and also worked for other people. This can be extremely frustrating, especially with the threat of breaking something that took so long to make. It can get even worse if the base tears off in an effort to remove the print. There have been way too many times that a print finished, only for me to find that the print was majorly stuck to the print surface.