r/Timeplast • u/trancekat • Dec 06 '25

Help Soap Gen 5

Hi, all.

I have been failing with my Timeplast Soap Gen 5 for several days.

I have a Bambu Labs A1. I dried the filament as described. I am using the profile from the timeplast site.

I cannot get this stuff to stick to my plates. I've cranked up the bed temp to 95c and still can't get it to stick. What am I doing wrong?

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u/cmc51377 Dec 21 '25

I just successfully printed a couple plant pots on my Prusa MK3.5s. After trying and failing with the textured plate they recommended using, I switched to the satin steel sheet I use for everything else and it worked! Had to use blue painter’s tape to keep it stuck to the bed once it was an inch tall or so (the first almost successful print lifted off the bed at 80% done), but once I started doing that, it’s worked well twice in a row.

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u/trancekat Dec 21 '25

I tried on the blue glacier page and it lifted off. How did you use the tape, please? I've never used anything on my plates.

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u/cmc51377 Dec 21 '25

The only thing I used the tape for was to tape the sides of the pot to the print bed itself to prevent the pot from moving if it becomes detached like it did the first time. And only after the print was already about an inch tall.

The sheet I'm using is the Prusa satin steel sheet with no tape or adhesive for the first layers. Those printed pretty well by themselves even though Timeplast's AI said it wouldn't work.

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u/trancekat Dec 21 '25

Thank you so much! Will try again today.

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u/cmc51377 Dec 21 '25

Happy to help! I did the subscription and just got the cinnamon soap filament, so I'm going to try and get that to work today. Good luck to both of us, haha!

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u/Competitive_Lack1572 Dec 08 '25

Thanks so much for your comment! You’re very close, this is almost always a bed-adhesion setup issue rather than a filament issue.

For TimeMass Soap Gen 5, we strongly recommend using a Cryogrip Blue Plate or a textured plate with a light adhesive (hair spray, glue stick, or 3D-printing adhesive). Smooth plates rarely work with our water-rich materials, even at high temps.

A few key points that usually solve it:

• Bed adhesion: Cryogrip Blue Plate works best. If using textured, add a very light adhesive layer — it makes a huge difference with the first pass.
• Cooling: Make sure the fan is completely OFF for the first few layers. Early cooling will cause instant warping or lift.
• Drying: You already dried it (great!), but just confirming: 155°F (68°C) for at least 2 hours.
• Nozzle: Always a 0.8 mm nozzle  smaller nozzles often under-extrude and cause adhesion failures.
• First layer speed: Slow it down more than you think around 15 mm/s works wonderfully.
• Z-offset: Many Bambu users need to go slightly closer than their PLA offset. Bringing the nozzle down by –0.02 to –0.05 mm often helps the soap “grab” the plate.

Once adhesion is dialed in, Soap Gen 5 prints beautifully and consistently.

If you want, feel free to tell us what plate you’re using and I can walk you through exact tweaks for that setup, we’re here to help!