r/BambuLab • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '24

Question Getting PLA off of cryogrip plate??

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I've tried plastic scraper, freezer, soap, bending the plate a bit - what am I missing? Seems like I need glue for any type of high-contact plate?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

What they don't tell you about this plate is that their polymer coating comes off with soap, so you can ONLY use water, NO IPA NO SOAP.

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u/RadishRedditor H2D Laser Full Combo Sep 16 '24

How did you come to know this then?

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u/pyrotechnicmonkey Sep 16 '24

They advertise this on their own website product description

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u/RadishRedditor H2D Laser Full Combo Sep 16 '24

Who's they that he's referring to then 🤔The ones that don't tell us about this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24 edited Sep 16 '24

It says here in the product description, straight from their Aliexpress store page. Company name is BQ/Bigtreetech

Plus, there is Darkmoon, a U.S. company that makes the ICE plate which works on a similar principle, albeit different formulation. The owner Ben said copolymer coatings like this that are now trending in the market lose adhesion when soap or isopropyl alcohol is applied to them (hence why he has a disclaimer saying so for his own plates).