Filament Filter - Ikea Style

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This is my filament filter: A big 6L Zip Bag over the Filament Spool mostly closed, with a 10-20cm Bowden to the Extruder there's a desiccant in the bag easily a Zip Bag (at least 6L for 1kg spools) over the spool as close as possible shut it (even with some tape) the filament is guided through a piece of Bowden to the Extruder (BondTech BMG) I have some foam at the Bowden input, in case there are still residues on the filament And there's a bag with dry silica gel inside the Zip Bag (on the backside) ! so dust never gets into the Hotend and the filament stays relatively dry all other filaments are stored in individual Zip Bags, each with a large bag of dry silica gel and in a dark box/case the dry silica gel is replaced every few months or dried in the oven I've never had clogging in any of my cheap Chinese hotends at CR-10 the original Hotend is still there just a new, high-quality, coated Nozzle (because I used special filaments) Ikea ISTAD https://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/80339281/ MBT Brand KC-Dry Silica Gel https://www.ebay.de/itm/162710325766 Amazon Organza Bags Bag 7 x 9cm (100x white) It's been a while since I printed a box but there are so many different sized filament rolls, so it's easier to use these Zip Bags