I had a roll of red PLA that initially printed really well but after a few weeks absorbed some moisture. It's my own fault as I often leave prints going overnight then the roll of PLA ends up sitting out for extended periods of time in my basement. Finally it started to develop the symptoms of having absorbed moisture. I could see and hear steam escaping from the nozzle when I manually fed the filament and when it was printing. The filament was oozing extremley as well as skipping spots when the steam escaped.
I started reading up on ways to dry the PLA in an oven but none that I read seemed to end up being advisable in the end. I came up with the idea of leaving the roll on the seat of my car for a 9 hour work day which was around 90 degrees outside. I figure it easily must have reached 100 with the windows closed. I did just that yesterday and after work I tried a print. It printed every bit as good as it originally did if not better. I didn't come across anyone having done this in my searching and am just wondering if it is something that I missed. I attached a picture of the first print yesterday. It is a spinning top.
Bob
I started reading up on ways to dry the PLA in an oven but none that I read seemed to end up being advisable in the end. I came up with the idea of leaving the roll on the seat of my car for a 9 hour work day which was around 90 degrees outside. I figure it easily must have reached 100 with the windows closed. I did just that yesterday and after work I tried a print. It printed every bit as good as it originally did if not better. I didn't come across anyone having done this in my searching and am just wondering if it is something that I missed. I attached a picture of the first print yesterday. It is a spinning top.
Bob