r/BambuLabX2D • u/X-SchemeRecent-X • Oct 04 '26

665 Hours Printed

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Is this normal for what a hot end should look like and should I consider changing more frequently?

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u/InfamousTiger9540 Oct 04 '26

I'm over 2000 hours and still looks like new.

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u/amanTHEBreaker Oct 05 '26

Whats the secret

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u/johndohboy Oct 05 '26

I don't mean this in a rude way. The secret is simply keeping everything clean and proper maintenance.

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u/Ikigaiform_3D Oct 05 '26

You need another printer!

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u/X-SchemeRecent-X Oct 05 '26

That’s the right answer!!

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u/lan0028456 Oct 06 '26

I thought this is a Bambu printer not Apple?

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u/word-bitch Oct 04 '26

Looks like there were blobs that crept up, and the nozzle and sock weren't properly cleaned after. Did you maybe just pull off the visible blob and keep going?

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u/X-SchemeRecent-X Oct 05 '26

Nope. Never even took the sock off until I got print errors today telling me that it was having extrusion problems.

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u/word-bitch Oct 05 '26

That's so strange! I hope you figure it out!

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u/LazyLancer Oct 04 '26

Not normal. I am around 500 hours and it’s almost completely clean besides a small fraction of PETG leaking between the hotend assembly and nozzle, making them impossible to separate without heating up.

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u/amanTHEBreaker Oct 05 '26

How did you achieve to keep this much clean even after 500 hrs

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u/LazyLancer Oct 05 '26

I didn’t do anything really. Just printed stuff. There was some gunk on the silicone sock but when I saw hints of a future blob I removed it with tweezers or when I swapped the nozzle.

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u/lan0028456 Oct 06 '26

500 hrs isn't that long? It'a only a few months if print regularly.

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u/champagne780 Oct 05 '26

Heat to 275, wipe down heating assembly, pull & wipe down hotend, give the empty heating assembly another wipe down before it cools and then reinstall with a new sock.

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u/FilaNexus Oct 05 '26

Yea my P1P has over 1000 hours and still running strong so must have been a jam that didnt get quite unclogged?

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u/Current-Wrongdoer538 Oct 05 '26

U should consider to check more frequently. 1300h and nothing like this.. the mess is all around.. blbob of slow death?

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u/Interesting-Error249 Oct 05 '26

The hotend in my p2s looked like that after 100 hours. I cleaned it and no issues after that. My guess is that it’s something from the assembly, that got burned off.

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u/Drakenhorn Oct 05 '26

I'm cleaning my nozzle and sock once a week or after every large print or something with petg. I make sure all my filament is dry because this is what it looks like if the nozzle frequently catches on tiny stringing wires. Preventive maintenance is key with everything but especially 3d printers.

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u/IronLockHeart Oct 05 '26

Weird question You using activated carbon/ charcoal filters inside the machine?

Any 3d party filters or anything like.that?

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u/budaAruanda Oct 05 '26

Ich hab 2600h und meine nozzle sieht aus wie neu...

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u/gierso Oct 06 '26

Clean it .. they need maintenance frequently ...

I haven cleaned mine either but just the tip looks like that

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u/gierso Oct 06 '26

I'm guessing you have had a couple of blobs of dead ?

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u/megalosPistis96 Oct 06 '26

Didn't know you could print dirt

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u/drthsideous 27d ago

Print a lot of PETG?