Whhat do you use for Bed Adhesion?

staticlinerich

I have now tried all three pictured here. Highly rate each of them for doing what they say they are good at. I also listed them in terms of cost, High to Low, Left to Right. Can't really say which I prefer. They all do a great job; Nano however, is pretty expensive. It has gone a long way though and if applied correctly works through many prints. What dos the community like to use?

Tombstone

I got some Vision minor might try another brand once it runs out. I like it but its the first I tried so no other point of refference.

staticlinerich

Tombstone It's certainly the most expensive in the mix, but, it works pretty well. Layerneer Bed Weld works pretty good to and is about 1/2 the cost

Jonzynator

I just gave magigoo a try and it seemed to work. I never really had issues before when I didn't use anything. I was given a bottle and I figured id give it a try.

staticlinerich

Jonzynator It's been working pretty good for me on the stock E3v2 glass bed. Printed about 20 models or so and it's still working pretty good.

Mayhem

I picked up one of the smooth PEI coated flex plates from Tim (TH3D) a few years ago and have not looked back.

staticlinerich

Mayhem I'm glad you said something about that. So you don't use any bed adhesion products on that? I was thinking about flipping my TH3D PEI sheet over to the flat side but I don't want to mess up the rough side (which works great).

Jonzynator

staticlinerich I just printed some tpu on a glass bed with the magigoo and I will never go back to glue stick again. That made the print stick so well. Plus when it cooled down it popped off all by itself.

Mayhem

staticlinerich Nope - nothing. I print straight onto the smooth PEI and get a great first layer.

staticlinerich

For the folks that don't use anything. What type of bed are you using. I would like to be one of you that doesn't use anything. I like the TH3D rough PEI sheet, but one of these days I'm going to print something that needs a smooth bottom.

Tombstone

staticlinerich I was using a Creality Glass bed without it. It worked well but again I am still exploring options and seeing how things work for me.

staticlinerich

Jonzynator I did notice that with the Magigoo. Once cooled I could have blown the part off the bed. I only have PLA and PETG to mess with but I was pretty pleased with the Magigoo performance.

Undeadlord

I want to try one of those shown above that has an applicator built into the bottle. I use Vision now, but I dislike how I have to spread it via nozzle then paint it around. I like the idea of a product that has the spreader built in!

staticlinerich

Undeadlord I like the Layerneer applicator, it's like a kiwi shoe polish applicator sponge. The Magigoo also has an applicator, but I haven't gotten used to how it works, it's more like a roll on deodorant kind of thing. The only detractor on the Nano is the application. It's a great product though, but like you, I don't like the painting bit. Good thing is, it usually lasts so long you don't have to do it very often.

RunDeckardRun

i've never used Vision Miner for PLA, or most ABS printing, generally PEI flex plate takes care of everything, but i will definitely stand by VM for large prints, nothing worse than having 16+ hours go down the drain in the last hour thanks to a corner lifting, pro tip from Tim, when your nano gets down to half a bottle, refill it with 99% iso