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3D printing with my first spool of Elegoo Rapid PETG ( https://au.elegoo.com/products/rapid-petg-filament-1-75mm-colored-1kg ) bought at Jaycar , looking very clean and sharp on a slow speed profile

I should recalibrate my Overture PETG ( https://overture3d.com/products/overture-petg ) now that I've figured out the speed issues on my printer

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[–] jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was under 50% relative humidity in my garage today, so I just put the spool right on the printer and hit "go" :)

Over 50% and I usually run active filament from a dry box to the printer

I haven't gone to the trouble of pre-drying a spool yet

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

It's too humid around here for that, especially this time of year. I have to keep mine in a sealed box with desiccant. Putting a new spool in the box without drying it just uses up the desiccant quickly.

At least PETG doesn't get brittle like PLA when it's wet. It just gets stringy.