I need to wipe down the inside of my Glowforge after printing on a pumpkin

[Jules]

Unplug the machine first.

Use paper towels lightly moistened with a 50/50 solution of white vinegar and water. Be careful around the cables, and don’t open the lid fully upright.

Let it dry overnight before firing it up again.

Hate to tell you this, but if it made that much of a mess on the glass and tube, it likely made one hell of a mess on your exhaust fan too, and sticky gourd is not something that’s going to do any good to your fan. You are going to need to clean that. Probably the air assist fan too.

Instructions for cleaning the exhuast fan:

Caution: Dirty Pictures....or...How I Cleaned the Exhaust Fan

Update: 12/14/2018: Happily, the Glowforge crew has released an “easier to implement” cleaning regimen for the exhaust fan now…instructions for how to do it involve purchase of a special non-flammable degreasing spray cleanser and use of a special cleaning mode of the software…instructions here: Written up below is the old way that I was doing it…it’s a fairly labor intensive alternative that has worked very well if you are willing to keep up with it as you go along and not let it get …

Instructions for cleaning the air assist fan:

Cleaning Your Air Assist Fan (Performance Series)

And thank you for posting this…I won’t be cutting a pumpkin up except with a sharp knife.