 I just brought my Dirty Glow Forge back to life and made it shine with a little bit of magic and I'll show you how I did it right now. What is up? Welcome back! Today we're doing something a little bit different. I've used the Glow Forge for three months straight every day, all day, cutting out quarter inch MDF and it is dirty. That MDF gets real smoky so this thing is dusty, grimy, dirty. It's caked on so today we're going to do a deep clean of the Glow Forge. Step one, I gather all your supplies. We're going to need a vacuum, some dust off, some alcohol, some wipes, some Zeiss wipes, some electronic connection cleaner, paper towels, microfiber rags, the Glow Forge tool to remove the lens, some q-tips and I like to use a metal straw cleaner to get in the cracks of the fans. Step two, we're going to clean out the exhaust fan. It's probably caked up, I haven't looked at it in three months, it gets dirty real quick so we're going to follow the new instructions on the Glow Forge website and it wants me to take it outside but I'm just going to point it out this window right here and we'll see what it does. Alright I have my degreaser, turn off and unplug your printer and move it outside, again I'm not moving it outside, I'm just turning it out the window. Warning, I understand, don't put my fingers in the fan, got it. The exhaust fan is located at the left back corner of the printer. The lid closed, press the move arm button and the laser arm will automatically move to the front of the printer. With the fan running I'm going to spray 5 to 10 second bursts of connector spray directly into the fan but stop the fan and scrub it out with the straw brush. Let's turn the fan back on and see all the junk fly out. Some alcohol on a paper towel and I'm going to wipe the fan down. The air assist, so to do this I have to remove the laser head and then remove the air assist from the gantry. Move the printer head all the way to the right and pull up and towards me, it's just held in place with magnets, it'll come right out. Push the little tab and release the ribbon wire, set the laser head aside, move the wheel assembly back to the middle, the two back wheels are spring loaded. With my index fingers I'm going to pull the frame to me until I feel the front wheels come off the track. Pull the belt off the right wheel and then the left wheel. Use the straw brush to clean out the air assist fan and hit it with some connection cleaner. Wipe the whole thing down with alcohol on a paper towel and a print head connection with a q-tip. Step four, well I have the laser head out, I'm going to go ahead and vacuum everything out. I think I'm going to try to vacuum the laser tube, then I'm going to pull the crumb tray out and vacuum and then we'll clean out the crumb tray. I am trying to not touch the laser tube. Dump this crumb tray into the trash can, give it a couple of wax to get the loose stuff out. Step five, now we're just going to wipe down everything inside with some alcohol. Use a lens wipe to clean the mirror window on the inside left of the machine. Now we're going to clean all the mirrors and the lens. We need that little low forge tool. Clean out the print head fan using the straw brush again, blow it out. Take the print head mirror out of the top of the print head, the top is just held on with magnets, comes right off. Gently clean off the mirror using a lens wipe, the mirror just sits on a sponge, it moves around. Place the mirror so that the top fits back on level, it'll snap into place. Clean the print head window with a lens wipe, use the lens removal tool. It's magnetic, it'll slide right out. Clean the two focus cameras with a lens wipe. Clean the outside metal piece of the lens first. Wipe it all down, make sure it's clean. Then with the new wipe, clean the lens so that you don't get that dirt from the outside back on the lens. To install the lens, place it on the install side of the tool. It only fits one way, deep side facing up. Then slide the print head over the lens making sure it's in there snug. Step six. Now we're going to clean the lid and the camera on the lid. We're just going to use a microfiber cloth and some alcohol. To get those stubborn spots in the top, I'm going to use a magic eraser. Step seven. Now we're just going to start to put it all back together. Starting with the air assist and the little wheel assembly that goes on the gantry. Make sure the belt is on the inside of the wheels. Set the back wheels on the track of the frame and then pull that metal plate towards me until I can put the front wheels on the front track. Then slide the belt over the right wheel and slide the belt over the left wheel. There's more room on the left side yet more room to work with. Plug the ribbon wire back into the print head with the metal plate all the way to the right. Slide the print head back into position. The magnets will snap it back into place. Slide everything back. This is just the same thing from a different angle. And replace the crumb tray. Right, that's how I clean out my glue forge. That's how I did a little spring cleaning. A deep clean if you will. The star of the show turned out to be the magic eraser. I'm a bad at a time so I will see you guys again where we'll maybe do something different again.