Dissolve Resin

[rkundla]

On all the other 3D printing websites that I visit, no one has ever talked about having success with the Rinse Out Resin.

Without pigmentation, it cures too fast even under a weak DLP projector. With the violet dye they provide, I could get the exposure to give me some sort of output, but it was malformed and the resolution was poor. I did a test of the print dissolving in 140F and all it did was turn it into a gooey opaque mess that didn't liquefy. Since it could get it to print nice I gave up and sun cured the remainder for the garbage. I did keep the nice aluminum bottle that the resin arrived in, so I got something out of the deal.

To make a long story short, I bought it, used it, complained about it to Bucktown and asked for a refund. In response there was no response as they stopped responding to my emails all together.

[mongerdesigns]

Yes, their customer service is lacking for sure.

Did you try testing whatever was printed? Did it dissolve in water?

[rkundla]

I tried to take a 'print' and put it in the hottest water out of my water heater (140°F) and it just made the print very soft and sticky. I never tried to use boiling water or steam because I couldn't get a good print out of it.

I wonder if I have a photo - nope. I have no photo evidence of the test print.

I looked back at my old notes and here are some key points:

1) Too much exposure turns it into brittle epoxy-like substance that is very difficult to remove from the build plate without shattering.
2) Partly cured resin is very sticky and tenacious and requires a lot of soap and water to clean up.
3) The viscosity of the resin is like water. Pours out very fast and will splash around when the build plate moves up and down (if you do it quickly or your printer has a tilt mechanism).
4) Very chemically smell that penetrated the single layer of nitrile gloves I wore when working with it.
5) I was getting woozy from the fumes in a not controlled environment.

I might still have some in a glass bottle that I tinted with the dye. I will never use it again since it just didn't work right.