Build plate keeps opening

[leonhart88]

I wanted to post/followup on this thread because I thought it might help others.

I found a comment from another user who recommended drilling a small hole at the top of the build plate. This made sense because every time I tried to push the gasket back in, it popped back out because I was compressing the air inside and it had nowhere to go.

I’ve done this on all my new build plates and ever since adding the vent holes I have not had this issue anymore…whereas before it was happening all the time. Thread is linked below.

Build surface full of IPA

I have now sanded the build plates with a very fine grit foam type sanding block. I use IPA along with this in a wet sand. I do circular motions all over the build plate. It turns black as does the cleaning towels. I do two or three of these sandings on the build plate. It helps remove the residue resin that tends to sort of sink into the aluminum plate. After cleaning two build plates this way put back in machine and ran the same job on both. Both prints came out A-OK with quality products. O…