Comment on Resin Printing is killing you.
Tag365@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What is the correct way to ventilate the 3D printers? How can you ensure accidental contact with resin won’t ruin your life?
Comment on Resin Printing is killing you.
Tag365@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What is the correct way to ventilate the 3D printers? How can you ensure accidental contact with resin won’t ruin your life?
thantik@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The correct way is basically this: Get a ventilation fan, and exhaust the air around the resin printer to the outside of your home. Learn proper safety procedures, with correct nitrile gloves, and VOC-rated respirator and use that to ensure you don’t get resin on your skin. Resin print in the garage if possible. Resin likes warmer temperatures anyhow, it helps the chemical reaction occur.
An upgraded system is going to cost more, but if you’re in an air conditioned area - it will save you air conditioning costs. You need a heat recovery ventilator, and typically that will come with 2 blower fans, this isn’t absolutely necessary but would be the “correct” way to do it. I’d opt for this if you’re resin printing inside your home office and it’s going to be a permanent thing, or if you’re running lots of resin printers at once.