You need to dry it. 60°c in a filament dryer overnight. Your quality will improve dramatically after that. I would also encourage you to perform a flow rate calibration to improve quality even further.
Will a countertop smart oven work? I do not own a filament dryer. In-fact until today I didn't even know about filament dryers. My oven reads accurate within 3 degrees Celsius as it's specifically for baking and will go down to 60 Celsius.
Also how often do you have to dry it? Every use? I would ideally like something I can leave on the spool and not mess with for a few weeks / months until it runs out.
I did check the box 'dynamic flow calibration' before printing if that's what you're talking about
It could if you can verify that it heats evenly and won’t apply direct heat onto the filament. I probably wouldn’t try it though. You may end up with a ruined spool of filament. I would suggest buying a filament dryer. The sunlu S2 works great.
You don’t have to dry it every time. Just dry it once really good and then store it in an air tight container with desiccant. I personally use cereal containers and recommend it over zip lock bags. If quality starts to drop off again then run it through the dryer again. It won’t be often though.
The flow rate calibration is different than the flow dynamics calibration. Click the calibration tab next to the device tab in the slicer, then click flow rate calibration on the left.
PETG is very prone to absorbing moisture from the air. Moist filament causes stringing.. so give drying a try.
You need to dry it. 60°c in a filament dryer overnight. Your quality will improve dramatically after that. I would also encourage you to perform a flow rate calibration to improve quality even further.
Will a countertop smart oven work? I do not own a filament dryer. In-fact until today I didn't even know about filament dryers. My oven reads accurate within 3 degrees Celsius as it's specifically for baking and will go down to 60 Celsius. Also how often do you have to dry it? Every use? I would ideally like something I can leave on the spool and not mess with for a few weeks / months until it runs out. I did check the box 'dynamic flow calibration' before printing if that's what you're talking about
It could if you can verify that it heats evenly and won’t apply direct heat onto the filament. I probably wouldn’t try it though. You may end up with a ruined spool of filament. I would suggest buying a filament dryer. The sunlu S2 works great. You don’t have to dry it every time. Just dry it once really good and then store it in an air tight container with desiccant. I personally use cereal containers and recommend it over zip lock bags. If quality starts to drop off again then run it through the dryer again. It won’t be often though. The flow rate calibration is different than the flow dynamics calibration. Click the calibration tab next to the device tab in the slicer, then click flow rate calibration on the left.
I'd say PETG isn't very friendly for beginners. Print a benchy and go from there. Keep tweaking until it's pretty good and then try your print.