TIFU: First print on a mirror? Don’t panic like I did.

So I recently got a CR-10 and I picked up some mirror tiles to print onto. “I’ve printed on glass before, this is gonna be identical.” I thought to myself. I was right, but after walking away to get some water, I came back and my print was lifting off the bed! “How could this be?” I thought. I had applied the appropriate amount of hairspray, and I remember the first layer going down real well.I rushed to octoprint to cancel my print, and I went to pick it up from where I saw it peeling.And then my hand hit the mirror.What I thought was lifting, was actually just the reflection. I felt so dumb. Luckily it wasn’t that far into the print. Just a piece of advice not to jump to conclusions, especially when it’s a slightly new process.TL;DRMirrors reflect. http://ift.tt/2COU0X1

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