Sheet Cleaner for Satin and Textured Sheets

Ever had an extruder jam or failure at the start of a print? Stuck supports? Random shadows of prints left on your build plate? Residue left behind when printing with silk PLA blends? Permit me to introduce you to the Sheet Cleaner™! 

Extruder Jam: Sometimes the extruder will slip and chew on the filament rather than actually extruding it. When this happens blobs, strings, and other spurts of PLA, PETG, etc. will make an extremely thin layer on the build sheet that refuse to come off no matter how you scrape it. IPA, acetone, even scrubbing pads won't remove it. But the Sheet Cleaner™ will! Print it, walk away, come back, and peel it and all your failures away in one fell swoop! 

Stuck Supports: Sometimes that first layer of the supports on your build plate separates away from the support material, and now you're stuck trying to get a scraper or your fingernails under a corner to lift it off. If you don't have the time, or desired to shove plastic under your fingernails, give the Sheet Cleaner™ a try! 

Print Shadows: This is normally just wear and tear on the build plate. But sometimes it's not. If a print is removed before it has had time to properly cool, fine bits of material remain stuck to the PEI or satin/textured sheets, leaving behind an ugly shadow. It doesn't affect print quality or adhesion…until you look at the bottom of your next print and see a ghost of prints past come back to haunt you. Exorcise those ghosts with the Sheet Cleaner™ and get back to printing! 

Silk Residue: We love silk filaments! Silver, copper, bronze, gold, gunmetal, and many others are superb to work with. The nylon copolymers added to the PLA give it just the most wonderful shine and surface texture, but these copolymers also make the PLA stick really well to PEI and the satin/textured sheets. And, you guessed it, it leaves behind a layer of these copolymers that then get stuck to your sheet, and leave a shiny shadow on the bottom of your next print. Knock the shine back with the Sheet Cleaner™ and say goodbye to those troublesome and unsightly marks!

Note: Yes, this is literally a 1mm sheet of solid material that covers the build plate. No, it will not rejuvenate damaged or badly worn build sheets. No, it will not remove fingerprints or grease. If you're having trouble removing poorly extruded plastic of any variety off your build plate, give the Sheet Cleaner™ a try. You might be surprised at what comes off your build plate. I made this thanks to an extruder failure on my Mini that prevented me from using both sides of the build plate, and this was the easiest and least damaging way of removing it. A few grams of filament is cheap, a whole new build plate is not!