Any one here used wolfbite?? Just ordered some and wondering how good it is.
I’ve been using wolfbite for ABS for some time. The first batch apparently was defective and created a number of negative reviews. I had that batch, which was replaced free of charge.
The bad stuff would bond so well to the ABS and the glass that it gouged huge chunks from the glass as it cooled. I thought the pops and creaks were from the release of the ABS. Oh, golly, was I wrong.
The new stuff has been working great for me. Heated bed to 95°C after applying the stuff with a foam brush. It dries before the bed gets to temperature and the ABS bonds extremely well. I can still get some peeling at corners, if the part is particularly large in the flat dimensions, but a five to ten perimeter brim two layers deep takes care of that pretty well.
The package is marked as expiring 30 days after opening. I have a FoodSaver™ vacuum sealing device and I’d been sticking the bottle in a vacuum bag, along with the brush, sucking out the air and sealing it up. More recently, I purchased the canning vacuum attachment and put the foam brush and bottle in a Mason™ jar which provides similar results without the disposable waste of the vacuum bag.
I suggested to the wolfbite people that they consider to package the product in the same manner as single-use disposable wipes. Not everybody has the facilities to vacuum seal the package and brush, which means the 30 day expiration may be more critical for those folk. In a towlette form, the plate would have the wolfbite applied just as easily as the foam brush. Even then, the towlette could be sealed in a ziplock for at least one or two more uses. More cost effective than having a bottle tossed in the bin.
Manufacturer recommendations include using a foam brush only for the wolfbite, as any other product contaminating the brush will possibly cause failure of the wolfbite. Keeping the brush in the vacuum cannister makes that part easy.
I tend to distribute subsequent print jobs over the plate to avoid using the same spot when possible. In so doing, I’ve been able to manage five to ten prints on a single application. Even then, the brush is usually damp enough to refresh the bed and getting another five or more prints without opening again the bottle .
Because one can get more than one print per application, the bottle lasts quite a while for me, making the 30 day expiration even worse. The vacuum sealer mitigates that aspect, however. After four months or more, I’m down to a half bottle and it continues to work great.
Because of the great results with wolfbite, I’ve been tending toward ABS printing exclusively. I read many posts on the interweb about how difficult it is to use ABS. I suspect that wolfbite and my partially enclosed Sigma counter a few points of trouble.
The one disadvantage that leaps into my alleged mind, other than the concerns noted above, is that one has to wait for the bed to cool for part release. One would not want to pry on the bed to attempt an early release.
I’ve been in the room after a print has completed, running a laser cutter. The pops and creaks of a print releasing sounds very much like a high voltage leak from a laser tube and is very disconcerting!
My apologies for the brevity of my response.
Don’t apologise. The info was just what i was looking for. I’m going to be using it with petg rather than abs and i rarely do multiples prints.
Thank you
I haven’t used PETG, which would make my assessment suspect for your application.
Ive read that it works fine.