Total clog with prusament pla in line. Can’t feed anything through even at high heat. Cold pull not possible / filament not making it into hot end to do this.
You can see little bit of filament sticking out in photo, but with pliers this just tears.
Should I try heating up the whole hot end tube with a soldering iron to see if I can liquify the clog out?
Any other ideas? I can’t find many good resources about what to do in this situation online.
Also, obviously needs to get cleaned up a bit, but does picture of my hot end tip look pretty ok? Do I need to bite bullet and get a new hot end? If so, are Amazon off brand replacements ok, or do I need to wait for one to get shipped from prusa?
Thank you
Blowtorch will heat this up way too hot.
Try to get it to a high enough temperature to insert filament to do a cold pull and repeat…
Electrical heat gun (paint stripper) is hot enough. Gas based torches will change the stiffness of your material and you will regret it.
Any particular reason? As explained above I regularly heat my hotend components to the point that they emit a light glow to remove all the plastic particulates and have never had an issue related to it.