# How do I fix stringing?

Dry the spool first, then lower nozzle temperature within the manufacturer range and tune retraction (Bowden needs more distance than direct drive) before chasing exotic slicer tricks.

Dry the spool before you edit retraction. Wet filament strings in a way that looks like a slicer bug. The [drying guide](/answers/drying) has the community bands. PLA Basic lists blast-oven drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h. ELEGOO PLA Plus lists 50 ± 5 °C (122 ± 9 °F) for 8 h. PETG HF lists 65 °C (149 °F) for 8 h.

## Temperature inside the catalog range

Lower the nozzle toward the bottom of the row you loaded. [PLA Basic](/brand/bambu-lab/pla-basic) stores 190–230 °C (374–446 °F). [ELEGOO PLA Plus](/brand/elegoo/pla-plus) stores 200–230 °C (392–446 °F). [PETG HF](/brand/bambu-lab/petg-hf) stores 230–260 °C (446–500 °F). A temperature tower belongs inside that range. This catalog does not store a tower result, and this page does not invent one.

## Retraction by extruder

Bowden needs more distance than direct drive. The only retraction length in these three records is on the PLA Basic sheet: 0.6–1.0 mm at 20–40 mm/s. Leave that number on that sheet. [Ooze](/answers/ooze) already separates the community direct-drive band from the Bowden band. [Flow and pressure advance](/answers/flow) is the next calibration after retraction is in a sane range for the extruder.

## What the comments are

Two of the cited threads drew joke replies. This page does not quote them and does not turn a joke about travel speed into a travel-speed setting. The summary does not give a travel speed or a coast distance.

Updated 2026-10-15. Sources accessed 2026-10-15. Use case: Troubleshooting.

## Ranked filaments

| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Price per kg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Bambu Lab PLA Basic | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 35–45 °C (95–113 °F) | — |
| 2 | ELEGOO PLA Plus | 200–230 °C (392–446 °F) | 35–65 °C (95–149 °F) | — |
| 3 | Bambu Lab PETG HF | 230–260 °C (446–500 °F) | 65–75 °C (149–167 °F) | — |

## What the community says

The editorial summary is that stringing is usually wet filament or a nozzle that is too hot. Dry the spool first, then tune retraction, and run a temperature tower inside the manufacturer range. The caveat is that Bowden and direct drive need very different retraction. Top comments mention PLA, TPU, and PETG. This page ranks the PLA and PETG rows that have catalog temperatures. It does not add a TPU retraction distance.

## Sources

- [Bambu PLA Basic technical data sheet V3.0](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0584/7236/6216/files/Bambu_PLA_Basic_Technical_Data_Sheet_bf3411ce-be39-4db7-9669-1b4671d2196b.pdf?v=1734060943) (datasheet)
- [ELEGOO PLA Plus US product page](https://us.elegoo.com/products/pla-plus-filament-1-75mm-black-10kg) (manufacturer)
- [Bambu Lab PETG HF technical data sheet](https://store.bblcdn.com/ce12d65176a94f1086e6aefa238e62e2.pdf) (datasheet)
- [Community source, r/3Dprinting 105sfr7](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/105sfr7/) (reddit)
- [Community source, r/ender3 10sw6kh](https://www.reddit.com/r/ender3/comments/10sw6kh/) (reddit)
- [Community source, r/FixMyPrint 1ol83cb](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/1ol83cb/) (reddit)
- [Community source, r/FixMyPrint y8qwjl](https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/comments/y8qwjl/) (reddit)

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