<p>If your having first layer adhesion issues:</p>
<p>Please try one (or more) of the following (Start with #1), and remember that all of them are equally important!</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Make sure your bed is level (Maybe use a leaving stick (or whatever those bubble things are called))</p>
</li>
<li><p>Be sure the bed is clean (I recommend glass cleaner 1-3 squirts and then a light scrub of a paper towel)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Change the temperature of your heated bed (50 - 60 °C)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Check your nozzle height (.15 - .25 mm is what I use)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Lastly, use bed adhesion. Start with painter's tape (least damaging, easy to remove), then use a glue stick or even hair spray if necessary.</p>
</li>
</ol>

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2021-05-05T01:06:02.677Z
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agarza
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Greenreader9
<p>Last week I set up my Ender 3 V2 and it seemed to work perfectly out of the box. I leveled the bed, did a test print, and discovered that the nozzle was too low (successful print but elephant foot). Re-leveled at a slightly higher height (lower bed level) and was able to produce a very lovely benchy and dog.</p>
<p>Then I turned it off and let it sit a week until I had something to actually print. Now the first layer fails almost immediately. It will put down a line and when the nozzle comes back around it will knock it around producing a spaghetti monster. I've tried re-leveling, cleaning the bed with rubbing alcohol, using previous G-code that worked fine last week, positioning models in different spots on the bed when slicing, but no matter what I do, nothing seems to stick.</p>
<p>I've cleaned the bed as well. It is quite dusty here so it definitely needed that, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue.</p>

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2021-04-27T14:30:13.097Z
See if this answer helps: https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/11673/ender-3-with-bltouch-prints-slanted-lines
Perry Webb
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2021-04-30T07:19:19.693Z
Give us a picture of the result mid-print, just before the nozzle wipes it off. It can give us a ton of information.
Hacky
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2021-06-05T13:26:41.820Z
After a week, the springs may have settled and the bed may need releveling.  Did you level the bed again?
user10489
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After sitting for a week first layer won't adhere
David Beck
# After sitting for a week first layer won't adhere

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-26)

Last week I set up my Ender 3 V2 and it seemed to work perfectly out of the box. I leveled the bed, did a test print, and discovered that the nozzle was too low (successful print but elephant foot). Re-leveled at a slightly higher height (lower bed level) and was able to produce a very lovely benchy and dog.

Then I turned it off and let it sit a week until I had something to actually print. Now the first layer fails almost immediately. It will put down a line and when the nozzle comes back around it will knock it around producing a spaghetti monster. I've tried re-leveling, cleaning the bed with rubbing alcohol, using previous G-code that worked fine last week, positioning models in different spots on the bed when slicing, but no matter what I do, nothing seems to stick.

I've cleaned the bed as well. It is quite dusty here so it definitely needed that, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue.

**Tags:** creality-ender-3, adhesion, build-plate

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See if this answer helps: https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/11673/ender-3-with-bltouch-prints-slanted-lines  
> **username_2**: Give us a picture of the result mid-print, just before the nozzle wipes it off. It can give us a ton of information.  
> **username_3**: After a week, the springs may have settled and the bed may need releveling.  Did you level the bed again?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2021-05-05. Score: 2

If your having first layer adhesion issues:

Please try one (or more) of the following (Start with #1), and remember that all of them are equally important!

1. Make sure your bed is level (Maybe use a leaving stick (or whatever those bubble things are called))
2. Be sure the bed is clean (I recommend glass cleaner 1-3 squirts and then a light scrub of a paper towel)
3. Change the temperature of your heated bed (50 - 60 °C)
4. Check your nozzle height (.15 - .25 mm is what I use)
5. Lastly, use bed adhesion. Start with painter's tape (least damaging, easy to remove), then use a glue stick or even hair spray if necessary.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Welcome to 3D Printing SE and thank you for your contribution. When you get a chance, please take the [tour] to understand how the site works and how it is different than others.  

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