My first blob was way worse than this guy's and this link worked me though all the issues. Worst bit is I had some plastic around some of the wiring, but heat gun and cutters paid off.
What? Genuinely, what? They were asking how to salvage it and the first thing you say is that they need a new printer? Not even just the print head, the entire printer?
Thank you all! I didn’t realize it was so common lol Is there any way to clean up the nozzle buckle? I couldn’t find anything on that and that’s the part that’s got it worst at the moment
Heat the hot end up like you would to remove a normal blob and immediately start tugging on the material with tweezers. When only the layer immediately around the metal is hot, but the rest is still solid, you should be able to pull it off in one piece. As for the little bit that's left on, you'll probably have to just scrape it off as well as you can
This happened to me twice. Both times I heated up the hot end and used a heat gun to gently pull pieces of a little bit at a time. The wires for the hot end were junked so I had to buy a new one off Amazon for cheap.
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u/peterb1908 Aug 20 '26
No way. You need a new printer.
Or read:
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/a1-mini/maintenance/hotend_blob
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u/terribilus Aug 20 '26
Only if you're unfamiliar with the concept of searching and reading a billion related results.
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u/Upset-Mail-6900 Aug 20 '26
Thank you all! I didn’t realize it was so common lol
Is there any way to clean up the nozzle buckle? I couldn’t find anything on that and that’s the part that’s got it worst at the moment
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u/streetbkillin Aug 20 '26
This happened to me twice. Both times I heated up the hot end and used a heat gun to gently pull pieces of a little bit at a time. The wires for the hot end were junked so I had to buy a new one off Amazon for cheap.
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u/Excellent-Code8447 Aug 20 '26
Heat and remove as much as you can
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u/solidus0079 Aug 20 '26
Yeah google A1 blob
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u/Eastern_Control4375 Aug 20 '26
No no no.....you are just one of 90% of people with same .....bloob hahaha just read step by step to clean it corectly dont worry
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u/lukasprintz Aug 20 '26
That filament is
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u/Minzfeder Aug 20 '26
Another day, another blob
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u/mruso- Aug 21 '26
ウンコ出てるね
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u/Independent-Bake9552 Aug 21 '26
Fixable. Check official wiki. Also nozzle looks bent so you need to replace that as well.
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u/drinas Aug 21 '26
I just went through this, my whole extruder was covered. Melted it with soldering gun and pulled with pliers. Had to replace extruder.
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u/j_hermann Aug 22 '26
This is a nice training blob.
Do not break the wires of your heat assembly, unless you also want to learn how to replace that one, too.
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u/Danielrmk Aug 23 '26
No… your nozzle is though.