Problems printing with white filament

K8200 3D Printer K8200 - Issues while printing
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I have only had my K8200 for less than a week, and have so far been printing with a Black filament.
I have had good results with standard nozzle temperature, but íncreasing the bed temperature to 60/55 for first/successive layers.

All other parameters are standard out-of-the-box values.

For a new print, I have change to a white filament, which is giving me a lot of problems:

  • First layer sticks to the bed, but not as consistent as the black filament. Several holes can be seen in the infill, and some of the infill curls inward.
  • Problems really piles up at the second layer, where the perimeter becomes broken in several places, and the infill does not stick to the previous layer at all.

Anyone having experience with this kind of filament behaviour?

I have noticed that the filament clearly does not stick as well to the heat bed as the black filament does, and it also have a more glossy surface than the black filament.

Photo: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=ED0A5D760190986D!90902&authkey=!AKd3kBmk7Jxi2zc&v=3&ithint=photo%2cjpg

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All Filaments (even if they are from the same brand) tens to have slightly different behavior.

That’s totally normal.

Your picture looks like you are extruding to less material.
It might help to raise the extruder temp a bit, as the white filaments seem to need a bit more heat.

Also check your filament diameter (with a caliper) at some points and enter the calculated average as slicer parameter.
This allows the firmware to more precise calculate the amount of extruded material.

No fiament has even diameter, sometimes it also varies heavily during the same roll. (especcialy the lower priced)

So fiddle around a bit with your tmep setting and calibrate the filament diameter and i think you will get it printing well soon.

cheers,
Christian