Filament All Over Hotend and Nozzle

[Hilto]

Hello so something clogged or jammed and filament got on and cooled all over my hot end/heat sink area. Is it just done for and need replaced? Seems very risky to heat up and try to remove it all. Its a darn mess. I’ll share pic

Cheers for any help!

[Radical_Data]

Hello and welcome Hilto,

You could try this…

@Howard_Anstedt

But before that I had to get rid of all the oozed filament, even on the threads at the connections. I found an odd trick. NOTE my filament was PLA. I soaked the metal parts in Acetone. It does not dissolve the PLA but rather breaks it down so that anything left over is like dust which can be wipe off easily after it is left to dry.