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Step 03.8 — Clean the top face

Step 8 of 20 with a helper · Chapter 03 — Build plate

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Parts:

  • build plate · set out now, fitted later
  • IPA · consumable
  • lint-free cloth · consumable
  • nitrile gloves · consumable

Do: Wipe the whole top face with IPA and let it flash off completely, so no solvent is trapped under the adhesive. Wear gloves from here on.

check Check

Surface dry, no lint, no residue in the counterbores.

helperHelper Holds the plate flat on the towel and checks afterwards for missed patches.

What you're looking at

The top face, IPA and a lint-free cloth. Oil, dust or a fingerprint left on the surface becomes a permanent bump under an adhesive sheet you cannot lift again.

Source: Voron manual p.54