3d Printing - Switching from PETG to PLA and Avoiding a Clogged Print Head

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PETG and PLA require significantly different settings for extrusion and bed temperature. PETG requires a higher extrusion temperature than PLA as well as a higher bed temperature.

When you switch from PETG to PLA, you need to make sure there's no residual PETG in the print head or else it cause clogging when printing with PLA at a lower temperature.

This video shows what I do when switching from PETG to the lower temperature PLA.

Link to the Novamaker 3D cleaning filament on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/NOVAMAKER-1-75mm%EF%BC%8C100g-%EF%BC%8CDimensional-0-05mm%EF%BC%8CNatural-Color%EF%BC%8CFit/dp/B08QZ34TKY/

These are the spatulas I used to help remove the pieces from the print bed:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075SLTY8B/

These are the tweezers I used to help remove dripping filament from the print head:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0845SKD7Z/

This is the wire brass brush I use to clean the nozzle tip:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J2BS92S/

Flashforge Dreamer NX on Amazon:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DPBRCYZ/

OpenSCAD website:
https://www.openscad.org/

I used Simplify3D slicer software for the test:
https://www.simplify3d.com/

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Link to my Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

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Music:
"Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

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