Hi all,
I’m quite new to resin printing and I was wondering if one was able to post-cure their prints with he printer’s built in “cleaning” function. I mean, it’s a pretty powerful UV light, right there. Does this damage the LCD more than usual? I was thinking of just “roasting” prints to cure them. If anyone tried it before, do share.
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If you can truly afford resin printing and all the waste and resources and safety equipment required, you can afford a wash and cure station. Use the right tool for the job.
also you risk some droplets of resin, or even the print itself, sticking to the LCD and damaging it. Than you’ll spend money buying another LCD on top of the station.
That was the first thing I thought of. Not worth the risk to such a sensitive piece of equipment.
For anyone who doesn’t already know resin can be toxic, be safe!
Tbf it’s not worth the risk of damaging your LCD and the pain of having to change it
Wouldn’t the problem be that you’d still have to remove the print, wash it, empty the vat, clean the vat & build plate and only then could you put the print back in and then fire up the UV. Meanwhile you won’t be using the printer for anything else. Maybe it’s easier to just buy something that can wash & cure separate to the printer or leave the print out in the sun to cure.
Haven’t tried to use the printer for curing. I built my own curing box using a decommissioned microwave, some spare wood and mirrors, and a rather powerful UV source.
I guess you could build yourself a mirror box to hold the object and place it on the printer instead of using a separate UV source.
The printer should be able to handle the generated heat, so I don’t think you’ll see increased wear.
The LCD panels that typical resin printers use do have an expected lifespan. I wouldn’t advise eating into that just for post-curing prints.
I’d think the LCD isn’t used at all here, as it’s left fully transparent
Doesn’t the LCD just black out the pixels that shouldn’t be exposed to the UV light?
