# Alternatives for the printing bed?

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/alternatives-for-the-printing-bed/2955>\
**Category:** LulzBot Mini\
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/alternatives-for-the-printing-bed/2955 "2016-02-15T04:37:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![algerbens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@algerbens](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/algerbens)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/alternatives-for-the-printing-bed/2955/21 "2016-07-14T18:06:24Z")

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Many thanks

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**Author:** ![kcchen\_00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kcchen\_00](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/kcchen_00)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/alternatives-for-the-printing-bed/2955/22 "2016-07-17T04:27:38Z")

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> [@TobyCWood](#):
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> Here’s an alternative that is kinda low cost and works a LOT better then the approaches mentioned so far.  
> Go get some plane old plate glass cut to size at your nearby HW store(emery cloth the edges).

If you want to print on glass, remove the PEI sheet… the borosilicate glass is safer than the normal glass you get from the hardware store.

And make sure to clean your machine of the overspray every so often…

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