
Notes from Benoît
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Removing the stripes from the print bed:

When you remove a stripe from the heat bed go very slowly and gently to do not damage anything.  You can detach the part with your nails starting with the biggest pieces up to the extremities.  The last one or two can be detached by using a thin plastic scrapper from the center toward the extremities. The one I used was printed on my MK3S printer.  Several scrapper models are available on the internet.


Installing the stripes:

You should start with stripe number 3. This is a good one to practice the technique. The curve is a little bit simpler than the other stripes.

The technique is as follows:
1 - First, identify the center of the stripe.  Determine which element is at mid distance along the stripe (less of an ellipse than the rest). The orange line of the stripe needs to be installed along the reference guiding line in the body.  
2 - Add glue on all elements (ellipse) on the side with the orange line.  
3 - Localize the center on the body. There is a reference mark.  Align the center element with the reference mark.
4 - Using a heat gun, apply heat on one side at a time from the center toward the extremity. Use the minimum heat as possible. Apply heat a few second only. This side will curve toward the body. Guide this extremity to align the orange line along the reference guiding line. Do the same with the other side.  When the orange line is aligned with the guiding line on its total length, start working in the other direction. Apply heat on each element to curve it to match the curve of the body. Do the same for each element.
5 - After stripe 3, use the same technique for stripe 2, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a and 8b. The success here is to take time and proceed slowly. I printed myself one stripe at a time and glued it one at a time also. This allows the glue to dry a little bit, before proceeding to the installation of the next stripe.

You should use heat to curve the black ear also to match the curve of the orange ear as much as possible. Here also apply the minimum heat as possible for a few second only.

