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Cleaning Heated Bed

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  1. Drakeh

    Drakeh New Member

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    Well I looked around the forums to see if there was a thread for this but I couldn't find one. I'm curious as to what people use to clean off their bed. I've been printing for a couple months now but I get an accumulation of hairspray on the bed as I tend to just add more when I go to print each time. I've been using the very inefficient method of using the scraper that came with the printer to scrape off the dried hairspray once it accumulates too much. Does anyone have a good method of keeping their bed clean and devoid of dried hairspray? Thanks for any help you can give.
     
  2. jbigler1986

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    Just use windex. works great
     
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  3. Drakeh

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    Awesome thanks for the help!


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  4. apwolf

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    I use lab grade IPA ISO propyl 99% dissolves anything and leaves no streaks.
    It's expensive though.

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    I think its about $50.00 a gallon, don't take my word for it but its up there. We use it at work on all kinds of stuff SLA s, cncs...
     
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  5. Drakeh

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    Cool. It's always good to have different options


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    Alcohol, windex ... whatever works.
    I use hairspray so anything that would clean that.
     
  7. apwolf

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    Forgot to mention, simple green is one of my favorite detergents. But that IPA is still the best imho

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    Microfiber cloth with water cleans a bed really well.
     
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    A while back I was using washable glue sticks, so a sponge took care of cleaning the bed VERY easily. I imagine the same would apply to cleaning hairspray, but most of the time enough of it doesn't build up that I feel it needs cleaning. If it does, I've just been scraping it off with a razor blade.
     
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