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PETG is just as stringy as I was told

Yikes. Gonna have to work with this material a bunch to learn how to use it.

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Cali Cat - The Calibration Cat by Dezign

Cali Cat is designed to be the purrfect initial calibration and benchmarking print. It is a simple, standard test to ensure you have the basics down before proceeding to advanced prints. Cali Cat is the alternative to boring calibration cubes.
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BigDanishGuy

First rule of PETG-club is "dry your filament", second rule of PETG-club is "dry your filament"... Thrid rule? Nope, it's "store your filament dry"

Jokes aside, other things you could look at:
* nozzle, how worn is it?
* calibration tests: did you do a temp tower? Calibration cube? Retraction test?
* The vertical surface doesn't necessarily have that appearance as a result of wet filament. In my experience, wet PETG will result in more random variations than that. It looks too regular IMHO, is everything that should be tightened actually tightened?
* have you calibrated the extruder steps?

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Schmaker

Just printing my first #PETG on #Ender

70°C bed
260°C nozzle on the bed
225°C nozzle afterwards

The difference from defaults is huge 😀

Edit: I also attached a pic, but for some reason it did not federated. Let's try a link then schmaker.eu/photos/schmaker/im…

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spitfire

I generally print first layer at 260/250 and the latter ones 10 degrees colder. I do the same with the build plate - starting with 90, and leaving it at 80 throughout the ret of the print. With some plates you have to bee mindful of PETG sticking too well (possibly damaging them) but it works out really well with PET/PEO plates, letting the print retain the texture of the build plate. On PEI I either print it cooler, or use glue (in this case it makes it easier to separate the print from the plate).
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Imgonnatrythis

Honestly you are off to a pretty good start. As everyone will tell you, you need to keep this stuff really dry. If that still doesn't work, try different settings. If that doesn't work, try a different brand. Unlike pla that is pretty forgiving on manufacturing tolerances, I've seen big differences in quality with PETG.
In my hands, Id consider your kitty a perfectly acceptable print. Butane torch the hairs and you'll have a perfectly clean model

Edit: also play with avoid crossing perimeters settings.

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