Abandoned printing a few years ago, getting back into it. I have several rolls of PLA and one ABS. The PLA rolls are brittle due to being stored in the open for years. I ran them through a dryer at 50c for 12 hours with no improvement. I’ve seen suggestions online for 55c so I’m trying that right now, but I imagine they’re fucked.
Will more heat help or am I wasting my time?
Edit: another 10 hours at 55 did nothing, I’m abandoning the spool and trying the ABS at 65 for a full day. It wasn’t brittle to start so I’ll have to test print to know if it worked, but I’ll post an update here for posterity.
Edit: ABS 65c for 24 hours. Clogged immediately. Didn’t have a needle handy, so I took a Sim card removal tool and a lighter, heated it up for about 30 seconds and stuck it in the top of the hot end and let it cool, then yanked it out. Weird thing was there was still some pla left in the hot end, so it clogged early and pushed out nothing.
I’ve just finished a roll of PLA that was laying around for 7 years or something like that. It was fine except first few layers on the spool and a bit dusty. On the other hand another spool from the same brand that wasn’t even opened became weird and gooey mush.