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Fixes & Troubleshooting
Print not looking right? Start by identifying what's actually wrong — most failures trace back to one of a handful of root causes.
What Are You Seeing?
Pick the problem that matches your print, and we'll walk you through the fix.
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Stringing
Thin hair-like strands between separate parts of a print.
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Warping
Corners or edges lifting and curling away from the bed.
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Layer Shifting
Layers suddenly offset partway through a print.
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Under-Extrusion
Gaps, thin walls, or weak layers that shouldn't be there.
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Elephant's Foot
The bottom layers bulging outward past the rest of the model.
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Bed Adhesion Failures
A print that won't stick, or pops loose mid-job.
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Clogged Nozzle
No filament coming out, or a sudden drop in flow.
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Rough Overhangs
Sagging, stringy, or messy overhanging surfaces.
Not Sure Where to Start?
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Check the first layer firstMost failures that show up later in a print actually started with a bad first layer. If adhesion or leveling looks off, fix that before anything else.
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Confirm your temperature settingsWrong nozzle or bed temperature for your material causes a huge share of the defects on this page. Double-check the value against the material, not just what was in your last profile.
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Rule out old or wet filamentA spool that's been sitting out can cause stringing, popping, and rough surfaces that look like a completely different problem.
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Change one setting at a timeAdjusting several settings at once makes it impossible to know what actually fixed — or caused — the problem.
Still Stuck?
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