Drying
Can I dry filament in an oven or a food dehydrator?
By SSS
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How to use this number
- No oven setpoint is in the drying dataset. Do not treat a comment as one.
- Use the PLA table on this page, or the matching material table, for a published drying temperature.
- A dryer has to reach the filament's published maximum. The dryer tool checks that against the same filaments.
| Brand | Tables | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anycubic | 6 | 50 °C (122 °F) | 45–65 °C (113–149 °F) |
| Bambu Lab | 13 | 55 °C (131 °F) | 50–55 °C (122–131 °F) |
| Creality | 1 | 55 °C (131 °F) | 50–60 °C (122–140 °F) |
| ELEGOO | 2 | 52.5 °C (127 °F) | 45–60 °C (113–140 °F) |
| Eryone | 1 | 70 °C (158 °F) | 65–75 °C (149–167 °F) |
| eSUN | 3 | 50 °C (122 °F) | 50 °C (122 °F) |
| Flashforge | 1 | 50 °C (122 °F) | 50 °C (122 °F) |
| Overture | 1 | 50 °C (122 °F) | 50 °C (122 °F) |
| Polymaker | 24 | 55 °C (131 °F) | 55 °C (131 °F) |
| Prusament | 1 | 45 °C (113 °F) | 45 °C (113 °F) |
| QIDI Tech | 3 | 52.5 °C (127 °F) | 50–55 °C (122–131 °F) |
| SUNLU | 9 | 52.5 °C (127 °F) | 50–55 °C (122–131 °F) |
Range Fahrenheit is the value the maker published. Median Fahrenheit is the conversion of the median Celsius. This is not a recommendation.
Filaments cited on this page
| Order | Filament | Material | Datasheet | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bambu Lab · PLA Basic | PLA | Datasheet | |
Blast-oven drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h on the technical data sheet checked 14 October 2026. The sheet's word is blast oven, not a kitchen oven. Nozzle 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), bed 35–45 °C (95–113 °F). | ||||
| 2 | Polymaker · Polylite PLA | PLA | Datasheet | |
Product page checked 14 October 2026 lists drying at 55 °C (131 °F) for 6 h. That is 10 degrees under the comment's 65 °C (149 °F) and well under the comment's 100 °C (212 °F). | ||||
| 3 | Fiberon · PA6-CF20 | PA/CF | — | |
TDS V1.1, checked 21 October 2026, lists drying at 100 °C (212 °F) for 10 h. The comment that 100 °C (212 °F) is too much was about PLA. It is not a nylon setpoint. | ||||
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An oven dial and a filament sheet are not the same instrument. Drying is the material list. Wet filament is the symptom. Which dryer is the dedicated box, including the food-dehydrator comment. Storage is what you do after the spool is dry.
Sheet temperatures next to the comment
Pros and cons
Pros
- The comment's 65 °C (149 °F) and 100 °C (212 °F) stay labeled as a comment, next to the lower PLA sheet numbers.
- The closed-box limit is quoted, which is the useful half of that thread.
Cons
- The second thread's comments are glue recommendations, not drying. They are not a method.
- No comments measures an oven's actual air temperature against the dial.
Printer considerations
- Bambu's sheet says blast oven. It does not say a domestic oven that also cooks food, and it does not state how far that oven may overshoot.
- Nylon at 100 °C (212 °F) is the Fiberon row. Do not put PLA in that cycle because the nylon sheet uses 100 °C (212 °F).
Sources & notes
Published . Updated .
- Bambu PLA Basic technical data sheet datasheet
- Polymaker PolyLite PLA product page manufacturer
- Fiberon PA6-CF20 TDS V1.1 datasheet
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Questions
Why is 100 °C (212 °F) both too much and a real drying temperature?
The comment says 100 °C (212 °F) is too much for PLA. Fiberon PA6-CF20 lists 100 °C (212 °F) for 10 h on a nylon sheet checked 21 October 2026. The material is the difference. The comment is not a nylon instruction, and the nylon sheet is not a PLA instruction.