First off, I've only been playing with my two Ulitmaker 3s for only a few weeks, so I'm new at this. I appreciate any help for the naive!
I've successfully used a combination of AA 0.4 (PLA) and BB 0.4 (PVA) to produce some fairly detailed prints, but I'm trying to switch to an AA 0.25 for the PLA and my PVA extrusion is failing (the PLA is coming out fine). Below is a picture of the PVA barely coming out in little disconnected spurts as it tries to put down a first layer outside of the black disc (yes, you can barely see it):
When printing with AA 0.4 PLA / BB 0.4 PVA, the test blob of PVA that comes out it substantial, but barely exists when I switch to the AA 0.25 for the other print core even though I can see the filament move some in the bowden tube (I don't think it's getting stuck in there). I have let the Ultimaker Cura 3.3.1 use defaults for all the setting once I tell the interface what the material and print cores are... b/c honestly it's not obvious to me how to do otherwise.
Granted, I've struggled a bit with the PVA in the AA 0.4/BB 0.4 regime ... I have seen some infrequent carbonization and heard crackling, and the print often has floating blobs of PVA cruising around threatening nuisance. I'm in Colorado, so it's fairly dry and my PVA is pretty dang new, but I have a call in to facilities to see what our ambient humidity is supposed to be in this building. Largely, I'm wondering about the shifts the Cura software does to PVA delivery when the other print core becomes a AA 0.25.
Thanks in advance for hints/thoughts!