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3 things that help me with PETG when it comes to separate it from the plate:
Oh dude, glue stick 100%. PETG is my preferred print material, wouldn't dream of printing without the glue stick.
Use a smooth plate as well.
I’m actually using spray glue (3dlac) usually with a textured PEI (rarely a smooth PEI) plate. I’m also using PET/PEO (double sided) plate with PETG (without glue) - adhesion is really good, but not too good (so it’s easy to clean).
I actually use a cake knife. No hard edge and it helps lift prints easily. Plus they come in all sizes for larger prints.
Never had to use glue. Just soap and water then wipe down the plate. Also have a dryer (got the crealty one) and made sure it's hella dry(14% is what I print at) then run my bed at 90c and the nozzle temp at 248. Haven't had issues since I did that.
Yeah, I dry my filament (especially PETG) with one of those too. I don’t have to use glue, it just makes PETG easier to remove from the plate. Otherwise it can stick to the plate too well (had a case where I removed the model with some of the PEI coating).
Ah so you're using it as a removal agent vs a sticking agent. That's interesting. I am using the stock mk3s plate and recently bought a textured plate. I haven't had any issues with stuff sticking yet, but I haven't printed anything that has a large area on the bed. Everything I stand up, although I'm experimenting with lithophanes and that's giving me a whole new level of pain in the ass to deal with.