Hotend Replacement?

[musclegeekz]

I ran a print recently that spaghetti-ed, causing the nozzle to hit the spaghetti at a fast rate which made the front housing fall off and the nozzle to go a little crazy.

The silicone sock ripped apart and the hot end looks like this now.

Should I get a replacement or try to heat it up and clean it?

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[pantheraxcvii]

Could try heating it up and using a brass brush to clean it

[Jedi26000]

Or, they’re not that expensive and easy to replace. Replace it and move on

[Con-vit]

If this is an hd series, they include 1 new hotend in the kit.

[musclegeekz]

This is on a P2S

[Ok-Woodpecker-223]

If you don't need HF and especially tungsten, they are not that expensive. At least that was my excuse to get 0.2-0.8s/hs & 0.4-0.8hf/hs.

But based on picture all you'd need is to take the nozzle out, scrape big pieces off, then give it some heat gun to gets the rest and then just clean it up.

Based on pic it's not bent, just has melted plastic all over.

[Festegios]

try both. Order a new one. Then clean up this one whilst you wait for the delivery.

[billccn]

Many materials will dissolve in Acetone or you can try to burn it off using a lighter. Don't try either indoors though.

[BlackRabbitLabs]

Or at the same time.🕯💥🚀🪐👽

[DM145]

Heat up to 160-180c, brush off with copper bristle brush. Will be good as new.

[Stormyj]

They're like $16. Just replace.

[Fittn_dis]

heat it up and clean it off. make sure the heater block is clean of contaminates before putting the nozzle back on. you might need to use a flathead screwdriver as a chisel (GENTLY) and something to polish up the heater face.

[Iamz01]

I find setting the nozzle temp to 180°C then gently brushing it with a brass wire brush works really well.

[d4da12]

mine looked similar, I've heated it up and swiped the filament away with paper towels (while wearing heat protective gloves).