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Left: I opened a sealed roll of a filament purchased in 2018 and I printed that rose

Right: I dried that filament in the creality dryer overnight and sent the print again

This pic was taken on 10th April. After drying the filament I put it back in storage and I forgot about it until it exploded today

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a good way to keep filament dry, but it takes a very long time to remove moisture from filament that way. It's a lot faster to use a dryer/dehydrator before putting it in the dry box.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Thats true, and a good point.

But as long as you go straight from the original packaging to your dry box, you shouldn't have to worry much about it ever getting wet to begin with.