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annealing PA612CF (self.help)

submitted 23 hours ago by Therustynut to c/help

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I have a hoffman sl9 running in the bambu as I type. Whats some preferred tips and tricks for annealing. Ive heard the obvious temp and time. Do I leave the supports on while its cooking? thanks.

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[–] Bunk 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I remove supports after removing it from the printer. I anneal the part in my kitchen oven, with it packed in flour salt in an oven safe baking dish. The flour salt adds a ton of stability to the part during the process and buffers the temp on both the heating up and cooling down phases.

[–] Therustynut 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

flower salt not sure of what that is,? I was going too anneal in the air firer, same one for drying PA.

Edit, is there a need too add moisture into the print afterwards? Im still a bit new to PACF

ok, did some reading. so can i get away with a dish of regular table salt. then 100c for a whopping 16 hrs? damn.