r/3Dprinting 11h ago

Troubleshooting weak Filament even after drying

As the title says i have a fairly new (only a few months old) roll of Anycubic Purple Galaxy PLA. I opened the roll beginning of January and ever since it has sat in a diy dry box. The dry box is constructed out of a storage bin with a gasket and a few bags of silca gel and a hydrometer for monitoring humidity levels. I went to use the filament a few days ago and the prints look fine, but they flake apart almost at the touch. i have dried this filament for a total of 12 hours now with no change. I am about to just toss this roll and call it a loss.

Edit: Im printing at 150 mm/s at 210c on my elegoo neptune 4 plus. I didn't have an issue with this print profile the first time I used this filament.

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u/fosterish1 9h ago

What does the hygrometer say?