CR-10S4 with BLTouch: Outer walls do not bond together (behave like book pages), despite 100% infill

Hello everyone,

I recently got a CR-10 S4 back up and running, equipped with a BLTouch. I flashed the correct firmware and calibrated the nozzle height.

I designed a simple test part in SketchUp: a 30x30 mm rectangle, 3 mm thick, with four 4 mm holes, making sure the mesh was solid. I then sliced it using Creality Slicer (4.8) to generate the G-code.

The print went well overall, and dimensions are spot on. However, I am facing a specific issue with the outer borders: the outer vertical walls do not fuse or bond together, while the interior infill (set to 100%) is dense and solid. The perimeter walls separate easily, behaving like the pages of a book.

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Here are my print settings:

  • Filament: PLA, 1.75 mm

  • Bed temperature: 50 °C

  • Nozzle temperature: 200 °C

  • Ambient temperature: 12 °C

Does anyone have an idea what could be causing this wall separation, and how to fix it? Thanks in advance for your help.