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Bwaz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
A negative (for me at least) is the use of UV curable resin. I’ve got a mSLA printer I don’t use anymore because that material is very nasty stuff. Fumes needing ventilation, spills from hell, disposal difficulty, and rubber gloves being required else the uncured resin will literally tear the skin off your fingers over time with even slight unnoticed contact. More than I want to deal with unless absolutely necessary, taking it out of the range of fun hobby stuff.
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 3 days ago
Get the water based stuff and then just put the residues outside in the sun. Also take your parts and finish the curing after washing them. You can use regular hand washing soap to wash the parts. Also before touching the part add soap to your gloves.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Water-based resin isn’t any less toxic or safer to dispose of, it’s just more soluble. You can’t put water that’s washed uncured resin down the sink until you’ve exposed it to UV for long enough for the resin to cure and precipitate out, and you still need to ventilate the fumes.
beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
Thats the “put the residues outside in the sun”. The part that helps a lot is the part where you don’t need alcohol to wash your parts. Simply neutralize and toss the support out in the regular trash. The neutralized waster is pretty simple, just leave it out in the sun and wait for the water to evaporate and the acrylate to cure.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s not unique to water-based resin, though. You can leave the dirty alcohol out in the sun, and if you’re waiting for it to evaporate, that takes less time with alcohol than with water.