ELEGOO Water Washable Rapid 3D Printer Resin LCD UV-Curing Resin 405nm Resin for LCD 3D Printing 2KG (Clay Grey)

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Unofficial suggestions for most brands resin on ELEGOO Saturn Seires Printers (Contributed by our community members): The second recommendation did not bring any new information. I always clean the inside of the prints using a syringe where I inject water (or IPA) inside the model. This is done multiple times to ensure good cleaning. If you look at other printers and similarly compare their curing times with these two types of resins, you’ll see identical times which shows that they both require about the same exposure time. In terms of the overall costs between using normal resin with a cleaning solution and paying more for water washable resin and using water, you would probably be better off with normal resin because IPA can be reused for a long time, while the resin is used just once.

Water-washable Resin Space Grey 1KG - ELEGOO Official 8K Water-washable Resin Space Grey 1KG - ELEGOO Official

Even though water washable resin is known to have less fumes, you still want to operate your 3D printer in a well ventilated area, with some air purifiers to help even more. Many users talk about how great this resin is once you dial in the settings properly. I wrote an article about dialing in resin settings called How to Calibrate Resin 3D Prints – Testing for Resin Exposure. The problem with water washable resins though is that many people think it is safe to wash in the sink and have the contaminated water pour down the drain. This can still be very environmentally damaging so water washable is more likely to have a negative effect due to user error. Many users have talked about their experience with water washable resin. Most users have said that the resin prints just fine with highly detailed and durable prints. A user who was printing at home with no good workshop for cleaning saw the resin by chance and decided to try it out. They found it helpful in printing their miniatures with great details and precision on the models.Choosing between water washable resin vs normal resin is a choice that many people find confusing to make, so I decided to look into comparing these two types of resins. ELEGOO 8K Water Washable Photopolymer Resin 405nm LCD UV-Curing Resin Best for Saturn 2 8K LCD 3D Printer Space Grey 1000G

ELEGOO Printers Resin Setting Sheet – ELEGOO Official

Some people do still choose to clean water washable resin prints with alcohol, so that’s still an option if you choose. They say it makes the prints a lot easier to wash than normal resin.It’s possible to mix water washable resin with normal resin and still get great results as many users have done. You shouldn’t have to adjust your exposure settings since they tend to use the same curing times. It kind of defeats the purpose though because it probably won’t wash very well with water. However, a user once used different types of resin including the Elegoo Water Washable resin to 3D print 3 different miniatures. He noticed that the water washable resin was more brittle and had more tendency to break than the other prints. After trying water washable resin from searching for resins online, a user was thrilled by the quality of the prints he received, stating that it was equal to the standard resin he usually gets. Safe to Use】Water washable, low odor, low skin irritation, no expensive IPA required, just rinse with tap water or soak for a short time to clean your 3D prints. Be safer to use, and improve your efficiency and save your budget by reducing the post-processing time. As you can see from the Elegoo Mars Resin Settings Spreadsheet, the standard resin and the water washable resin have very similar cure times for the Elegoo Mars & Elegoo Mars 2 & 2 Pro printers.

Best Elegoo Resin Settings for Perfect Prints | All3DP The Best Elegoo Resin Settings for Perfect Prints | All3DP

Wide Applications】 It is not only suitable for our ELEGOO MARS/SATURN series printer but also compatible with most DLP/LCD resin printers. Works best with the LCD 3D Printers. Elegoo Water Washable Resin has a Flexure Strength of 40-70 Mpa and Extension Strength of 30-52 Mpa which is slightly less than Standard Elegoo Resin which has a Flexure Strength of 59-70 Mpa and Extension Strength of 36-53 Mpa. Water washable resin can be brittle in some cases, but many have great results. High Precision and Low Shrinkage】Designed for reducing volume shrinkage during the photocuring process, ELEGOO 3d printer resin 8k has significantly lower volumetric shrinkage and significantly higher accuracy than others, which brings smooth surface with great resolution for print model. It goes without saying to always take the necessary precautions when handling resin, and use gloves when touching uncured resin. Commodity is NOT an excuse to just wash the models directly in the sink, even though the resin is marketed as water washable. Print times vary a lot depending on what printer you have, especially if you have a monochrome screen which had normal exposure times of around 2-3 seconds.

What is the Best Water Washable Resin?

While the sabre pommel was probably not supported well enough, I can’t justify the layer shifts that occurred on the top. With a strong UV light or Wash & Cure machine, you should be able to cure water washable resin prints in anywhere from 2-5 minutes depending on the size of the print. If you have a weaker UV light, it could take you anywhere from 10-20 minutes to cure a model. Sure, it’s easier to clean but that doesn’t help if the prints have issues. And I can’t be expected to print models without hollowing them. This adds unnecessary expense and limits the applications of this resin. High Precision and Low Shrinkage】 ELEGOO UV resin has excellent stiffness and toughness, specially designed for reducing volume shrinkage during the photocuring process, which bring smooth surface with great resolution for print model.