Printer goop
This is a group buy/documentation for a PVA-beating print adhesive.
This is a mixture you can spray or apply to your printer, with the idea that it will make it stick very well, until you don't need it anymore. Typically this means your printed bed must cool down before being able to remove it.
PVP/VA co-polymer powder, it's the active ingredient in hair spray. Typically you need to buy a big quantity, and a normal person will only need around 15-20grams of it.
- PVOH off ebay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/192815253870
- PVP-VA from trulux: https://www.trulux.com.au/product/vp-va-copolymer
- PVP from glass vials: https://www.glassvials.com.au/binders-fillers/704-polyvinylpyrrolidone-k30-pvp-1kg.html
TL:DR; "Normal Goop" Just needs a tiny amount of PVP-VA. "Super Goop" Needs PVP and PVOH.
Yes, there will be plenty of dodgy white powder jokes.
1% of powder by weight of overall mix (1g for 100ml of liquid for example) (for sprayer, by killcode; lower % of PVP-VA to allow better release) - 50ml water, 50ml IPA/Metho, 1g of PVP-VA virgin powder
70% PVP, 30% PVOH, 1:1 ratio of water to IPA/Metho (mixed to desired consistency) (sprayer mix by eddie) - 2.5g PVP, 0.4g PVOH, 25ml water, 25ml IPA/Metho
Mix with water, or a water/alcohol mix in 2-5% by weight. Spray on plate. Redistribute on plate with standard IPA wipe after you lift prints. Mostly invisible on prints, but washes off with water. Group buy is an envelope with a coin bag stuffed with the raw powder. This is basically Dimafix and other commercial adhesives but the raw powder is enough for something like 20 dimafix pens or more (which they sell for $40 a throw).
Please see #flea-market on the discord.
A marker pen is the recommended method for application, as it is easy to fill, and spreads evenly across your print bed. Can be found at most art stores, or online.
Alternatively, a small spray bottle, like the kind you get with glasses to clean them, works too.
Keep making,
