Best settings for Blue Painter's Tape on a MakerBot Replicator?

[Tom Dang]

So I've made the switch to Blue Painter's Tape from the Kaplon....What
HBP and extruder temperature settings are you guys using to get the
best results? It seems to have great adhesion

thanks!

[PropellerScience]

Did you also make the switch from ABS to PLA?
I just use the Replicator default settings with PLA as Makerbot
recommends, but change the build platform temp. to 50C in the Gcode.

[Tom Dang]

Actually printing ABS on the blue painter's tape and getting good
adhesion. I've been keeping the HBP at about 60 degrees but haven't
touched the extruder temperatures...I'm still getting a slight bit of
warping on the corners so I'm wondering if anyone has had luck with
ABS on the painter's tape...

[g. wygonik]

I have, on occasion, used the blue painters tape with my ToM and ABS with great results. I started with low HBP temps, from 70-90, and my pieceswould pull off as it got to the top. I raised it back to 100 and it worked great at that temp.

g.

[Tom Dang]

Thanks so much for the response! I tried a couple of prints at about
60 degrees and got great adhesion...I'm going to try 100 next time I
print some stuff.....Did you change the extruder temps at all??

[g. wygonik]

Nope - my extruder temps remained the same @ 220-225.

g.

[JohnA.]

In general I suspect that you'll find that adhesion with painters tape is lower than with Kapton - but maybe that's what you're looking for.   There was a phase when we all ran it (I think there's even a photo of it on the original heated build platform wiki page) but as people did more detailed testing it turned out that smooth tapes (and smooth glass for PLA) tended to work better.

We also tried PET tape for a while (and I still have a roll around and use it in a pinch).  Nophead did testing:   http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2010/04/abs-on-pet-tape.html

JohnA.