Geeetech

Hi all,

soo.. after going through several iterations of 3D printers, I finally found a cheap one that prints with nice quality and has open source firmware: the A10.

I'm currently finishing a big project and print quite a lot. I'm swiping the plate with alcohol and see a spot. I assume it's fat or oil and wipe a bit harder. The spot is getting bigger. And there's also some residue. Turns out it was the coating I was rubbing off. Since I figured I had to order a replacement part anyway I rubbed it off completely to see if I could still use it, and, well, it still does stick, but the printed surface isn't as flat anymore. Still okay-ish, but not perfect.

So I ordered a new heatbed with Superplate (I've tried removing a glued glass sheet from a heatbed once, and.. it was not nice). Now, 45€ poorer, I'm wondering how to clean the plate in the future without having to worry that the coating peels off again. So far (and on other printers without issue) I've used a mix of 35% ethanol, 25% 2-propanol and water. That should be fine, shouldn't it?

Cheers
Oli

Hi, I think you can after using a solid glue or adhesive sticker, you need to use a spatula to scrape the entire hotbed when the sticker is worn.

Thanks. My replacement part came, but I'm using the old one with hairspray for now.. just still curious if it's okay to use the ethanol/2-propanol solution to clean the Superplate..?