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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

Can you dry filament for too long?

Mostly no: at the maker's temperature, no maker names harm from extra hours for PLA or PETG. Heat above it fuses coils; nylon and PC can turn brittle.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

Can you dry filament in the oven?

Only if the oven holds the drying temperature. GE's Warm mode bakes at 170 °F (77 °C), past PLA's 60 °C glass transition. Bambu Lab says no; Prusa allows one.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

Can you dry filament while printing?

Yes, on dryers built for it. Bambu Lab's AMS 2 Pro and AMS HT drop to 45 °C with PLA and 55 °C with PETG once a print starts; standalone dryers hold their setting.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

What are the drying temperatures and times for each filament?

Dry PLA at 45 to 55 °C, PETG at 55 to 65 °C, TPU at 60 to 70 °C and nylon at 75 to 100 °C, for 4 to 12 hours, per Bambu Lab, Prusa and Polymaker.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

Which filaments absorb the most moisture?

PVA and PA6 nylon absorb the most: 6.25% and 2.35 to 2.56% at saturation on Bambu Lab's data sheets, against 0.43% for PLA and 0.25% for PC.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

How do you dry filament?

Heat the spool below its softening point, then seal it with desiccant. Bambu Lab's oven setting is 50 °C for PLA and 60 to 65 °C for PETG, for 8 hours.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 17, 2026

How can you tell if filament is wet?

Wet filament pops or hisses at the nozzle, bubbles, strings and prints rough. To confirm, dry it (PLA 50 °C, PETG 60 to 65 °C, 8 hours) and reprint.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

What temperature and how long should you dry nylon filament?

Most nylon sheets say 6 to 12 hours at 80 to 100 °C: Bambu Lab PA6-CF 80 °C for 8 to 12 h, Polymaker Fiberon 100 °C for 10 h, Prusament PA11 CF 90 °C for 6 h.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

How should you store filament to keep it dry?

Seal it in an airtight bag or box with desiccant below 20% RH, Bambu Lab's target for PLA, PETG, TPU, PC and nylon. Room air can re-wet it in 2 to 12 hours.

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Answer·Materials·October 17, 2026

Does wet filament make prints weaker?

Yes: printing from wet filament cost polycarbonate up to 30% of its strength along the lines and 70% across them, ABS 25% and PA6 nylon 43%. PLA held a week at 65% RH.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 15, 2026

Is cleaning filament better than a cold pull?

Neither: they do different jobs. Cleaning filament such as eSUN eClean flushes old material at 160 to 300 °C; a cold pull drags debris out at 80 to 160 °C.

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Answer·Materials·October 15, 2026

Which filament works best for a cold pull?

Prusa's tests found PLA works best for a cold pull, at 85 to 100 °C. Bambu Lab adds PETG for high-flow nozzles; Creality favors nylon at 140 to 160 °C.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 15, 2026

What temperature should you do a cold pull at?

Pull PLA at 70 to 100 °C after heating to 200 to 270 °C. UltiMaker pulls ABS and cleaning filament at 140 to 160 °C; Creality gives 120 °C for PETG.

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Answer·Hardware·October 15, 2026

How hot can a 3D printer heated bed get?

Consumer heated beds top out at 80 to 120 °C: Bambu A1 mini 80 °C, P1S 100 °C, X1C 110 °C, Ender-3 110 °C, and H2D, Prusa MK4S and CORE One+ 120 °C.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 15, 2026

How do you do a cold pull?

Fill the nozzle at printing temperature, cool it to 70 to 100 °C for PLA or 140 to 160 °C for nylon, then pull up. A good tip is a cone with the nozzle's imprint.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 15, 2026

What is carbon buildup in a nozzle?

Burnt plastic from filament left in a hot nozzle. Marlin's optional idle timeout cuts the heater after 5 minutes; Prusa brushes the outside at 250 °C.

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Answer·Materials·October 15, 2026

What bed temperature does nylon need?

Bambu Lab sets 80 to 100 °C for its nylons on a glued PEI or Engineering plate, Prusa 110 °C on a PA Nylon sheet. Polymaker's nylons run at 25 to 50 °C.

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Answer·Materials·October 15, 2026

Can wet filament clog a nozzle?

Yes: Bambu Lab says damp nylon, PC and fiber-filled filament are prone to clogging. Wet PLA mostly bubbles and strings. Dry PLA at 45 to 55 °C for 6 to 8 hours.

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Answer·Materials·October 13, 2026

Can you 3D print car engine parts?

Not internal engine parts. Suppliers rate the engine area at 125 °C (257 °F) and on-engine parts at 150 °C, above the HDT of PETG, ABS, ASA and PC filament.

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Answer·Hardware·October 13, 2026

What 3D printer can print car parts?

A car-part printer needs the material's numbers: 270 °C and an 80 °C bed for PETG trim, an enclosure for ASA, 300 °C and a hardened nozzle for carbon-fiber nylon.

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Answer·Materials·October 10, 2026

Is 3D printed nylon waterproof?

A nylon print holds water with 4 perimeters, but the plastic absorbs it: 2.35% for Bambu Lab PA6-CF vs 0.43% for PLA, and soaked PA6-CF can lose half its strength.

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Answer·Hardware·September 23, 2026

How to print a gear that lasts

A numbered gear recipe (material, teeth, perimeters, infill, orientation) plus the 2022 Polymers wear test where PETG gears outlasted PLA by 22.3 percent and ABS by 37.

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Answer·Materials·September 23, 2026

What nozzle temperature does nylon actually need?

Nylon data sheets put the nozzle at 250 to 300 °C: copolymers start lowest, PA6, PA12 and fiber-filled grades run 260 to 290 °C. Ranges, beds and drying by type.

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