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Troubleshooting:
Stringing

Fine plastic threads between features during travel moves

Time
3–6 min
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Mode
Guided
Impact
Common
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How does the stringing look?

Related issues

🛠️Recommended calibration

Check these before changing random slicer values.

🌡️Temperature TowerCalibrationFind the real temperature window for this filament.📐Pressure AdvanceCalibrationClean up corners, starts and line pressure changes.↩️RetractionCalibrationReduce oozing after temp, flow and PA are correct.💧Flow Rate / EMCalibrationDial in exact material deposition.
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📚Read the explanation

Understand why this symptom appears.

↩️What Retraction Actually DoesArticleRetraction releases pressure, not magic.🧵Why More Retraction Is WrongArticleStringing advice that usually misses the cause.📐Pressure Advance ExplainedArticleWhy corners bulge and how PA compensates.🔥The Hotend ExplainedArticleThermal control, heat creep and melt capacity.
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🎓Structured learning

Go deeper when the same problem keeps coming back.

M1Module 1: Filament CalibrationLearnUnderstand the chain: temp, flow, PA and retraction.
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