5 mil is about optimal.
Pei sheet vs glass.
By peter ferris mar 5 2019.
If you have a china printer with a bed fleas can surf on you can easily go with a glass surface that instantly gives you better results due to being flat.
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I ve run glass the craptastic preforated sheet that shipped with my printer painter s tape kapton tape and pei and vastly prefer the latter out of all of them.
You should also make sure the glass is clean.
Pei sheet 3d printing.
On the same printer gluing on a pei sheet will still leave the surface it had before.
Get these they have adhesive already applied.
The glass reinforcement yields a product with an exception strength to weight ratio and increased tensile strength.
Written by michael dwamena.
Everything i ve used just sticks to pei with no glue or hair spray or anything else required.
Many people like printing directly on glass because it is easy to remove your print when done and leaves a nice glossy finish on the bottom of the 3d part.
Stick to the sheet.
3d printing on glass should be done with moderate heating 60 c.
Use some windex on it if necessary.
Laminate your sheet of pei using 3m 468mp adhesive transfer tape to a glass mirror print bed keeping in mind that 3m 468mp is a very tacky tape that is prone to clumping.
Choosing the best build surface for your 3d printer can be a confusing task at time which took a while myself to figure out.
Best 3d printer build surface glass vs pei vs buildtak more.
One reason might be that glass is an easy flat surface.
Pei sheets can be pretty uneven thick sheets more so.
Better with thin sheet of pei on glass.
Compare properties of unfilled pei and 30 glass fiber reinforced pei.
Switching to a glass bed isn t a great idea on a prusa for a number of reasons.
Pei is easily cut to size by scoring with a hobby knife.
Heated glass print bed.
The pinda probe won t work correctly.
You can actually lightly sand it with 600 grit sand paper to give your pei sheet some more life.
How to use it as a 3d print surface.
