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The question I’m sure was on everyone’s mind: can you combine PEI and glass beds? (solarbird.net)
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I like the thermal mass of glass for temperature stability, as I've found that's pretty key to getting good print adhesion. But I really wanted to try out PEI without having to stick a giant magnet directly to my heater plate, something I definitely did not trust.

Turns out, you can solve both problems! This was how I did it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

glass is at least as- if not more- recyclable than metals. all you really have to do is remove the adhesive film- the plastic is what makes it not recyclable, and that's true of the metal plate as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literally no one takes sheet glass here for recycling. Bottles, yes. Sheet glass, no.

I can throw all metals in with curbside metals recycling.

Therefore, for me, metal is recyclable and sheet glass is not.