Left: I opened a sealed roll of a filament purchased in 2018 and I printed that rose
Right: I dried that filament in the creality dryer overnight and sent the print again
This pic was taken on 10th April. After drying the filament I put it back in storage and I forgot about it until it exploded today
It’s crazy easy too. You can get a decent size plasric tote with weatherproof gasket for about $15-20, and a few packs of reusable dessicant packs will.run another $10-15.
For about $30 all in you can keep 6-8 rolls of filament below 10%RH full time with zero hassle.
Just wait until you dial in your smoothing post-proc, etc. methods! Have a blast; your results’re lookin’ great, keep it up! 🤩🖖🏽
I just recently bought a dryer. When I first got my printer, I was printing pretty constantly and didn’t really have an issue with wet filament. But these days I’ve slowed down my printing frequency a lot, and I’ve definitely noticed that the print quality gets worse the longer I’ve had the roll unsealed.
I live in southern AZ where it is super dry. I never though I needed a filament dryer. I got one anyways and it turns out I did need one. My print are so much better now. Would recommend.
May I ask if you live in an acknowledged high-humidity area?
