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Use methylated spirits, just as good

Water washable is also great, switched about two months ago. Really glad I did. It costs a bit more but you save that on IPA.

Zachary Wicks what?

Ky Lane that's a bit more expensive than I can afford right now

Ethanol

Braad Harild what are you doing with the water though? That's the problem with that stuff

Denatured works a treat

Denatured alcohol works well and can be readily found

The left can (acetone works in a pinch but it’s much more aggressive so you need to be quick)

Methylated spirits?

Stefan Giudici I use a ultrasonic cleaner, once it get to murky I pour it into a cookie sheet to make it shallow and hit it with a UV light over night. Then pour the water into a empty resin container to do a larger evaporate/bank in the sun session in the summer. I am in Canada so I have to wait for a nice day.

Stefan Giudici switch it up with Vodka?! One for the print! One for me! ?

Methylated spirits or acetone work well, acetone is my fav but it's a bit more pricey than metho

Mika Gruszka Methanol, aka fuel line anti-freeze aka wood alcool.

Ky Lane No, Methylated spirits is Methanol. That's ethanol with a percentage of others (making is "denaturated" aka not safe for human consumption).

Mean Green

Mika Gruszka defiantly get some when you can, it lasts longer then IPA so works out to be better value i have found

Mika Gruszka Denatured alcohol (aka methylated spirits) is 95% ethanol and 5% methanol. You can find it at the hardware store and paint stores very easily and the price is usually very good.

water washable resins....stop using ipa...omg...

No you can't. Used as a cleaner so sold out everywhere. ?

Tried Aceton and ethanol, both works fine

A few resin produces have come out saying they aren't producing water washable resins as it is very irresponsible as a lot of people will just wash uncured resins into water ways. Will it cause harm? Dunno but why risk it. We've fucked up the planet enough

The MSDS on those say they're extremely toxic to aquatic life

Wow someone actually responsibly taking care of that. I'm impressed

Me Clean!!!

Mr*

Meths works fantastically well for cleaning resin!

Mean green is better

Regan Fairbanks Water washable is way easier to deal with and to dispose of responsibly imo. Won’t be going back to anything that requires chemical cleanup.

Francis X Benz I've seen good and bad about that. What resins have you is it with successfully?

Mika Gruszka I used dragon resin and wanhao resin. Have had nothing but good results

How much is in the sample size?

What resins do you use with mean green? I've heard good and bad about it

I'll have to look in the store some time soon

Mika Gruszka 500ml inthink.

Ok thanks. I'll keep that in mind for when I can afford it

Stefan Giudici how is it a problem, uv cure it, filter and reuse, eventually you can still let it evaporate or put in bottle and take it to disposal place. Best thing ever no more alcohol use, which is expensive, stinks and comes with it's own issues.

Just use liquid dishwash or degreaser

and on top of that ebay resin stores do not ship to europe anymore :/

this works just as good as IPA when your in a Jam

Denatured works fine

Has anyone tried ethanol to clean SLA prints yet?

I can change it for a used car (?

yes, can do its job. ipa is better tho.

Acetone is very good too

Daniel Kottmair if you can get pure ethanol 96% it does a very good job

This stuff works a treat!!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/....../ref=mp_s_a_1_4......

I got Ethanol 96% based which has worked wonders, have not seen any issues with it, and there is plenty of it., you can also make handsantizer with it if you need. WHO released an how-to

I am using mr clean

Stefan Giudici all the vodka is gone here, except top shelf, it’s be rough to dunk a print in kettle one.

Everclear? Or is that too strong?

Back on my filament printer, using up all the end rolls I had stashed cause they were to short for a full print.

Agree with Simon Walker I use Elbow Grease

Just use degreaser

Mika Gruszka saraya tech

THIS! And those exact brands should be on shelves in your local Home Depot in the paint department. With the other paint thinners.
Bonus : They aren't medical so for the most part aren't being panic bought. I picked up a gallon of the denatured alcohol last week.

David Johnson doesn't have to be drinkable ethanol, most places have ethanol fuel for heaters, they add something to make it undrinkable so it's not for human consumption or taxed as drinkable alcohol

Katherine Hubis def not too strong, pure ethanol is a great cleaner and is recommended by a lot of printer and resin companies because it's slightly safer than ipa. Can't say I've ever used drinkable ethanol but heating ethanol is basically 99% ethanol so if anything everclear is likely less strong than that

Denachered alcohol works just as well

Acetone works great for me

I got a couple gallons a couple months ago. Part of me thought about donating it, but I only keep anhydrous on hand and without proper dilution it doesn't disinfect well and I don't trust anyone off the street to know/understand/believe that.

Regan Fairbanks my local Lowe’s has 10 cans of denatured alcohol on the shelf. And that’s as much as the shelf holds. IDK if they had more in the back. I only bought 1 can because it was pricey when compared to what I pay for IPA.

Ive got a big can of denatured alcohol. Dont know if thats in short supply too

I’ve only got my hands on some 70% IPA. So I do primary cleaning with Mean Green. Then I rinse with water, then a final real wash in the IPA.

Gotta have FDM backup

Kameron Michael Beal but but but... Money. XD

Check your local liquor store. Grain alcohol / everclear is 190 proof. 95% alcohol which is better then anything you can get at a drug store. About $20 for a big 1.5 to 2 liter bottle.

There are 6 quarts of it in my medicine cabinet :P

use water washable resin now!

You can often find it in makeup stores that specialize in costume and film makeup. Since those types of makeup palettes are often alchohol based, they keep jugs of 99%.

use acetone

use acetine carefully . cleans parts faster but can damage them if you leave unattend

Alex Alameda denatured alcohol is basically the same thing and a lot cheaper, no alcohol tax.

I've tried a few of the alternatives (Mean Green, Simple Green, etc.) and I do not like it at all. I too miss IPA. I'll try the acetone and DA and see how that goes. As for the water washable...I use some resin because of their physical properties and need that flexibility.

Ray Sears Denatured hasn't been cleaned out yet. I work at a hardware store and even though I locked myself inside a week before everything went nuts I did go there to grab my check Friday and they still had plenty. Don't know for how long as the resources to make it are probably going to IPA now so grab what you can when you see it.

same, slowing down with printing my self due to that and well I am now painting the hundreds of miniatures I have bought and the few I have printed

Acetone, works for me

Simple green works!

No. Switch to Mean Green or Mr Clean instead, then rinse with water before drying it off and curing it. 70% won't do the job IMHO

We don't have Simple Green here, Mr. Clean is bleach?

Acetone works the best and its cheap

Pure Acetone?

I'm sure it's not as good, but I've been using 50% from dollar store and it does work fine. In fact it's no different than what the 99% does. The prints are good with no white residue.

Acetone is very agressive. It destroys your prints if you have them in for too long

Andy Turtle Consiglio simple green in Australia is just an “environmentally friendly” detergent... what is it where you are from? I can’t see it cleaning resin prints.

Edric Chua Mr Clean all purpose cleaner works great

Just use two bottles for 140% alcohol ?

ive been using 70% ipa since my first print, started with soaking the later switched to just spraying it and brushing. tried pure acetone on my last print and it think it works great, swished the print around for 30 seconds, then on warm water with soap and then uv curing soaked in water.

Dan Andersson acetone is awesome, its a 15 sec shake and done

Methylated spirits works well, acetone is my fav but its pricier

I still have a good amount of 90% in my wash tumblers. This is more for cleanup for spills, spatulas etc etc

70% is very good to desinfektion from covid-19 but for cleaning your prints much better 92 and higher.

Pure acetone and I swirl the print for about 20 seconds in my pickle jar. Then a quick rinse with water and your done.

The United States

Bernie Horowitz That's great if you live in the USA, but most of the world doesn't and you can't buy those products outwith America.

Denatured is cheap and I think works better

You can as salt your 70%. The saltwater goes to bottom siphon off the top

John Chrapkowski does salt cause enough polarity shift to cause layer separation?

If you can find Denatured, it's less $$$..

70% is actually better.

140% ?

For better or worse, I use 70% and haven't noticed any bad side effects. I usually let it soak for a few minutes, but everything seems to come out clean

Denatured alcohol is available everywhere and works just as good if not better

Edric Chua
Save the IPA (whatever %) for disinfection purposes, trust me it'll come in very useful and you'd wish you didn't squander it.

Use alternatives for your prints, denatured/ methylated, acetone, simple /mean green, etc.

Scott Pavlich works well but it’s like $10US a quart on Amazon right now.

Ric Watts Not sure what your stores are like but it’s like $11 a gallon in most paint departments...usually right next to the thinner

Never mind...looks like the price of that has jumped up as well

David O'Maolagain Yea...I guess I should qualify every post with an * that says Only in America

Yeah, I’m still using old IPA to wash. Trying to find a way to do cleanups.

its works fine. I use a two baths. One clean, one dirty. I like to use a small brush to speed up the first wasg.

I get 99% bottles from amazon. I get 12-16oz bottles every 6 months on subscription

Rersearch 'salting out' IPA.

I can't believe you people are hunting IPA for printing in these times ... how about using it to disinfect, leaving stocks to those who need it for health reasons, etc... ?

I don’t think so. It’s not in the part you use

I have used both and cannot tell the difference in the final print.

i ran out and have been using this, its amazing stuff and works just as good as IPA!

If the layers don't separate then the water and alcohol are still mixed.

^i use this. sometimes mixed 50-50 with ipa.

70% works just fine

Mean/Simple Green

I tried it. Didn't do anything for me.

I have had good luck with most de-greasers I've tested so far. And some of those you can get in bulk and cheap at places like Home Depot.

Use spray foam glass cleaner for vat. Form 3d print farm and use lean green or mr clean on parts from uncle jessie.

Can always distill it some more

I've used 70% alcohol pads to wipe down the top of the build plate and outside of my vat. I would keep checking the Wal-Mart

If you have access to a Home Depot, look in the paint department. Around the paint thinners for a can labeled "FUEL". It's concentrated denatured alcohol. It's what I use and it works great.

on the left

How much price difference?

This is great information. Thank you for sharing. Some types of RV Antifreeze also contain high percentages of ethanol. This is available for purchase in North America.

I was thinking so. That was the reason I posted that. :-)

I tried to order IPA from abroad, but they don't send it. Flammable!
That was the reason I had to find a substitute

What is the brandname?

Masinol

Janne Heikkinen thanks. I've been using Lasol 100, which seems to leave some residue to some resins. Will try Masinol.

Could this be stickied?
That way instead of all those posts of everyone asking it can just be on this one at that top and everyone can just help out right here?

I might have to try Lasol, Then we can compare :-)

I'm Only using that green resin

Beware. Not all antifreeze is alcohol based - Sometimes you get glycerine or ethylene glycol/propylene glycol in there, which isnt that great a solvent.

Also, assuming my translation is correct:

Methyl Ethyl Ketone - MEK is some good stuff - used to use it in the labs

And i assume Methyl IsoButyl Ketone does a similar job.

That is just what is written on the bottle

I strongly suggest Polaric GO gasoline antifreeze (polttoaineen jäänesto) from Puuilo. 3.95e/litre, and it's >98 % IPA. https://www.puuilo.fi/epages/puuilo.sf/fi_FI/?ObjectID=38169

Oh, but it does actually look like it's going out of stock in many of their locations...

MEK is a really bad for your liver and is absorbed through the skin. Take precautions.

Richard Tyler Jr yeah, MEK is wicked stuff.

Yup, I did a lot of fiberglassing, making custom car parts, etc, MEK was great for cleanup but had to take precautions.

Spelektroniikka oulussa myy ipaa alta kympin litra...

No voi hitto, tuotahan mä alan käyttää

MEK is nasty stuff, it dissolves everything containing polymer chains, wouldnt use it on prints.

I had the idea that antifreeze was glycerine

For the engine. Yes. But not for fuel

99% is recommended, but other grades also work. The lower the % the more time it needs to act. use a soft brush to get into the detailed parts and clear the resin and anything you use will be fine

Nice, thanks. Can't get Isopropyl alcohol anywhere because of the corona crisis

if you can get methylated spirits, they work just as good

Get some mean green. It cleans more effectively, and is significantly cheaper.

Mean green

I'm down to using 50% and it seems to be working fine

I have been using denatured alcohol and it works good. In the paint section. Clean burning fuel. I didn't even get a chance to use 90% iso.

Picked up a gallon of simply green at the hardware store today. Seems to do the trick ?

Pour non iodine salt into your 50/70% IPA. Dont worry, you cant pour in too much, more is better. Shake it up good. Undissolved salt sinks, newly created salt water sinks, 99% IPA sits on top. Decant IPA, dry out salt water to use next time.

I've found a few on Ebay 5ltr around £7

Denatured is the way to go. Five minute baths and all the goo is gone. Completely reusable for quite a while also.

Gabe Snooks is there any way to get rid of the iodine component in salt? It's illegal to sell non-iodized salt where I live

Nipuna Gunarathne not sure, but they must have pickling or sea salt available. Table salt must have iodine, the others dont. Here in Canada I cant find non iodine table salt either.

Do it! Take before and after photos of your hands so we can evaluate the effects after a month or two.

It's going to have trace chemicals left. But can be used to clean more prints.

Uncured resin is nasty stuff, so I would recomend against it.

Yeah I really wouldn't, you don't know if any chemical broke down and stayed in the alcohol solution.

resin is very harmful topically. you can continue to use the ipa to clean prints, but for nothing else.

This may be a silly question, but what would happen to the resin dissolved the ipa if it was exposed to uv light?

Would the cured resin particles settle out?

Pete Frith i've done this with EA...which is what I'm using to clean my prints. What you end up with is a a squidgy gunk which you can filter. A paint filter probably wouldnt get it all, and a coffee filter would likely get blinded

But you can certainly use the ipa for cleaning.

Or just use soap and water like a sensible person?

Can you not get any more of the resin out and reuse it?

Pete Frith This is a good way to reuse IPA for cleaning prints, but I 100% would not put it on my skin

Just to clarify, it would be a boon to the community if I had the means to make 2+ gallons of home made hand sanitizer. I personally don't need soap or isp at all. I just figured if my waste could help combat the global pandemic than it'd be a no brainer.

Niall Forrester HEY! You're a smart ass! How great you must feel, trashing other people ideas.