A while ago I bought a roll of transparent petg “the filament” by spectrum. Wonderful, it printed great, shiny, smooth. I loved it.
Then I took advantage of the promotion on the Bambu lab website “4 rolls are discounted + free shipping” and I bought their transparent petg.
I opened the vacuum bag, loaded immediately in the printer and it strings and pops. Settings are correct as the slicer has a dedicated profile for this roll.
Their website says “warning: dry before using” - they mean that it comes already too moist from the factory?
Unless the filament ships in a foil lined bag that’s vacuum sealed with desiccant and an indicator card, you should assume it’s wet.
Yeah I’ve had foil bags with dessicant be damp too. In my experience, if you’re getting a deal on petg you probably need to dry it. That’s probably why you got the deal.
PETG is very hygroscopic. It’s one of those filaments that you should dry before using every time. Even if it’s a freshly opened package.
Does Bambulab actually sell trans_parent_ PETG now? Last I checked it was only trans_lucent_.
Light probably does come through the translucent PETG, but as it is only translucent and not transparent you might not be able to see through.
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Don’t mind the snickering pedant. Keep on killin’ it out there, pushing the boundaries of see-through FDM prints. 🤌🏼
they mean that it comes already too moist from the factory?
It certainly can be. PETG LOVES water in my experience and there’s only so much that can be controlled.
On the rare occasion I have to use PETG I usually just accept that it’s gonna be poppy unless I put the spool in with my chicken tendies.
I use a filament dryer for filaments which has increased the quality of my prints a bit. This is sort of what mine looks like
https://hilariouschaos.com/pictrs/image/60765622-ba16-4bac-9bfa-c3e4a17103a8.webp
