Getting Started with 3D Printing, 2nd Edition

HAIRY PRINTS?

Symptom: There are thin “hairs” sticking out from the side of your prints causing stringing. (Figure 5-21)

Reason: Too much filament is coming out of the nozzle when the nozzle moves to a new place, leaving a

small trail of material behind.

Solution: There are usually two interconnected reasons why this happens. If you are printing your

filament at too high a temperature, the filament will ooze out of the nozzle too quickly, leaving a trail. The

solution to that would be to decrease your temperature. There is also a setting in most slicer programs

that is called “retraction.” This reverses the filament back into the nozzle a slight ...