So this is a bit complicated to explain, but it started with the hotend scraping against the plate and things not sticking to the bed properly. So I bought a new plate. No change. I noticed that the nozzle was a bit loose and had give to it, so after some research I found that might be the issue so I took the three screws out and tightened the back.
Yay the scraping sound stopped! But now I’m having more adhesion issues with the first layer. I’ve had prints basically just fall over halfway through because it wasn’t really sticking to the base.
Since then I’ve tried cleaning the plates with a lens wipe & later with dawn and scrub daddy type thing. I’ve also done a manual bed leveling (twice to make sure I was doing it right), but I’m still having issues with bed adhesion.
EDIT: Anything with a raft seems to print fine, but other things not so much.
EDIT: I’ve also done some bed cleaning prints. The last two printed pretty well, but usually when I’ve done them they stay stuck to the bed until you peel them off. These last two all came off on their own except in the middle. So it was puffy looking outside the center.
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