Comment on Issues with my second resin print
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
First off, remove supports while washing, and before curing.
Regarding the cloudiness, you did properly shake the resin before usage, right? And you did let it dry entirely before hardening it?
Regarding the layer shifts: your print settings are most likely wrong, you’ll need to readjust them, this can be very tedious, but if you are using a popular brand of resin in a popular brand of printer, then you should be able to find settings which worked for others.
Regarding the third: correct, it’s support failure! That, and perhaps a mic of bad settings for the chosen resin. Make sure that you have at least 1 heavy support for each large freehanging extremely, and finish it off with a LOT of smaller supports in the area. Especially if it’s a larger flat area!
Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Thank you very much! I’ll look into some new settings for the next attempt at this!
Makes sense about removing supports before washing and curing. I don’t want it cured to the print which will cause other issues, I’m sure! Lol
As far as shaking the resin….well, I took the print directly out of the printer and used the scraper to get the print off the build plate and onto a metal tray. Then I immediately dropped the print into the bucket of water that went onto my Mercury wash and cure machine. I set the machine to begin the washing process which moves the water using a magnet underneath the bucket and set that to wash for 3 minutes. Is that shaking the resin or did I likely miss a step here?
LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 9 months ago
You have to shake the resin before you pour it in the printer. The ingredients of the resin can settle in the bottle causing inconsistent print sections. Shake it really well before using it, and when you’re done, pour it through a filter back into the bottle and store it in a cool, dry, location.
Okalaydokalay@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Oh yes I did do that! I watched some YouTube videos and followed advice to not shake too much but to shake well up and down and side to side but not as much as I would for a bottle of juice, for example.
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Your cleaning procedure should be fine, I do the same but by hand.
I meant shaking the resin while it’s still in the bottle, before you pour it out into the reservoir of the resin printer. The resin can separate into it’s base components, giving bad prints, and might sometimes need a LOT of shaking to properly mix.
One should also clean the bed/reservoir and “reshake” the resin at least every 24 hours if possible.