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Two holes are better than one.

I use like 3 or 4 holes. In places where no one sees it.

Are you using transparent resin?

Some use a single uv led and put into the hole

You can see the huge holes on the underside.

Nick Williams nope. Gray.

Dan ahhh

Yes, uncured resin can hide in hollowed prints and creep out later with not so nice results. I always include at least 2 of the largest holes that will fit in the bottom of the print. After washing, I use a pair of curved tweezers to clean out as many interior supports as possible and a 100 cc syringe of cleaning solution to hose out the interior, paying particular attention to any corners or pockets where uncured resin might lurk. When curing, I try to turn the print at least once to expose the bottom to UV light and allow as much as possible into the interior. Finally, if I'm still uncertain about how much the interior needs UV exposure, I use a small UV light inserted in one or both holes to further cure.

I have these prints! Those cape colors are magnificent, what paint did you use?

Paint lid looks like testors

Looks great!! Love it

Josh Berkley

Josh Berkley

Josh Berkley

Those metallic paints are awesome!

Greta Pallack awesome work

Mika Gruszka fantastic

Hoghead Hoffer thanks! It's my first one in a long time.

this is the chrome I use. i cut the end off the marker and dump it in a jar. much easier to apply that way but use a crappy brush. it pretty much ruins them. never use ur best brushes.

What are those metal paints you're using btw?

Mika Gruszka it looks amazing

I've never seen those. Did you brush them or air gun?

Mika Gruszka i posted a pic below these comments

Josh Berkley brush

Josh Berkley I majorly suck with an airbrush. i own 5 high end ones and suck at all of them

Hoghead Hoffer does it keep well in that jar?

Mika Gruszka yes

Hoghead Hoffer great to see how you've developed these techniques! Always trying to soak up what I can

Hoghead Hoffer okay I thought so. I've experimented with ways to mask small areas but it is tough

i buy these jars at hobby lobby in the aisle near where they sell canvas for painting

Josh Berkley always down to help people and learn from them

Thank you! And thanks for sharing your chrome technique :) thought they were metal minis at first

something else Im painting currently

Hoghead Hoffer that paint doesnt ruin the brushes. just use ipa for cleaning. They will be just fine.

How about airbrushing it?

Richard Mastny never tried

Robert Cvengros right on man.. never used alcohol to clean with.. 99% ?

Doesnt matter. 70 works as well. But the stronger the better

Sorry about the lighting

Finished painting this chap and continued the WIP sculpt of the other

paint? I just make models buddy :D

Bugbear boi

Yessik Ziiq awesome

Alex Bainbridge i like that robot arm

Alex Bainbridge nice.. looks tiny

Dominik Böhm thats a cool mini

Hoghead Hoffer thanks, yeah he’s pretty small

Joshua Alexander Gilpin thats supercool

Marsha and the Bear ?

Here's my version of that first figure.

Scott F. Gray i dig it bro

and does the chrome stay so shiny, if you apply glossy clear coat?

Chris Kölsch it stays shiny as long as u dont touch it for 2 weeks ish

i've been printing like a mad man the last week... and i'll be damned if i know where my airbrush is.

I should have airbrushed this guy, brush painting took forever. The other ones I definitely will.

looks good though.

The only way I can think of is to cure the resin on them, then crack it off

Risky and each use increases the potential for failure , but unless they are thoroughly cleaned they'll just get sticky over a few uses even if you cure them (which degrades the gloves). Carefully removing them and laying them spread out so they don't stick together is probably the best bet to reuse.

I take them off by pulling one finger at a time. If you do it carefully and put them on carefully, then you can reuse them. I have also been reusing filter funnels for the same color resin

No but I wait till I’ve got a day or so of prints pile up before cleaning them

Would you wash and reuse rubber "gloves" used on other appendages?

I just pull the parts out with my mouth. No gloves needed.

I use mine several times, generally until there's a failure of some kind.

Greg Keddy should wash them, acrylate monomers can penetrate gloves in just a few minutes so if you take them off with resin on them and put them back on 10 minutes later you'll potentially be exposed

Stefan Giudici I did not know that

I have a set of heavy-duty gloves that I use when working around the printer like refilling the printer and such. I only use nitrile gloves when I'm actually removing prints from the build plate and doing post processing. It cuts down some how many gloves I'm using.

Who uses gloves? Just wash your hands in metho when you're done.

When I actually use gloves I've always reused them...

Cleaning them is easy, ipa then soapy water, take them off and let them dry. Make sure you ALWAYS put them back on the same way though, don't want to be turning them inside out.

I have like 200 nitrile gloves I'll be okay

I just bought another box at the paint store. They seemed to have plenty a week ago.

I gave them to our local hospital along with my IPA.

Yes, after I use them I while them down then put them under UV, either sun or lamp for a few seconds

I don't wear gloves and just wash my hands before touching anything else. My skin isn't bothered by resin in the slightest. Maybe that's really stupid but I've been doing this for months and haven't seen any negative affects. To avoid purchasing the p lastic disposable measuring cups/paper funnel strainers (I saw right away how that would add up) I got myself a nice set of smaller plastic funnels I can wash and rinse with alcohol, a set of plastic beakers with mL markings, a set of 8 droppers each with mL markings and a metal strainer used for a kitchen sink that I can wash out and reuse I love not worrying about disposable supplies and those things should still be available in stores that are open right now. The strainer is especially nice because it fits really well into the biggest funnel I use for draining when I know the resin will fit in the bottle and I don't need to hold it with my off hand and can stabilize the bottle.

Some laugh, but in developing countries, they often wash and re-use gloves in hospitals. There have been efforts to help, but when those resources dry up...

Nitrile gloves can be cleaned with alcohol based cleaners, you can even use hand sanitizer. Wipe them off, then clean them with alcohol if you want to reuse.

Yeah... Don't do this. The resin can absorb into your skin and harden in uv light over time. You wouldn't notice anything until your fingers begin to loose felling.

Jason Dickson I feel like the stakes are a lot lower in the case of reusing gloves for 3D printing ?

I dunno but I’ve been turning the condom inside out when she asks for round 2, I’m good right?

Nope. They're really only good for short term protection anyway and break down quickly when exposed to resin and cleaners. If I don't have fresh gloves I'm not printing - I can wait a couple weeks. Printing isn't worth risking my health or ability to print in future due to being sensitized to the resin.

as long as you use the back door, sure ?

use marigolds. they work great and are reusable

Josh Berkley I don’t know about the “resin absorbing into your skin and hardening over time,” but it can cause irritation and linger on your hands even after washing, which can then get into your system via eyes/nose/mouth. There have also been some cl aims that link resin exposure to increased cancer rates, but as to how valid those are I can’t say. Generally, the long term effects of exposure haven’t really been studied fully since we haven’t had the ability to print with these types of resin for that long. Wear gloves if you can, just to be safe; but I wouldn’t freak out if you have to handle prints without them for a while.

^^This

dollar store kitchen gloves last months at a time...

Bad idea. Resin and ipa/cleaners break down the gloves. There is no substitution for effective PPE. It's disposeable for a good reason.
How do so many commenters here not know this? Concerning..

Ryan Tudor this is theory vs experience. I do wash and reuse my gloves with no problem for at least 10 times... and not only because of shortage, as I do this since years.

Just bought 2000. I’ll be fine.

I use Nitrile Rubber Gauntlets

I use Nitrite gloves just put the to the side, I have area designated to work on my non cured models and I just threat the whole area as "contaminated" the whole point of the gloves is that the resin does not get on your hands, so does not matter if th ey are dirty on outside, just make sure you take them off properly and do not put them on inside out :D They usually last for quite long time as I don't really soak them in resin ... just handle the prints and I try to be as clean about it as I can. Just give them quick rub with IPA once you done the same way you would wash your hands. And them obviously put them in area that is "contaminated" and you know about it. As long as there are no holes in them you good to reuse them.

Your comment makes alot more sense if you replace the word experience with freugal.

And yes most regioursly tested science is only theoretical

Ryan Tudor with your vast well of knowledge, how long does it take for ipa to break down nitrile rubber?

Get re useable gloves

At the moment I only print the most necessary so as not to waste unnecessary material that could possibly be used for other purposes.

Derek Reihe Ipa doesn't really interfere with gloves as far as I know, so it would take a long while. With that said used ipa will have traces of uncured resin in it so that becomes a factor for me.
Here is a link that has a spreadsheet of glove materials and their reactions to all kinds of substances.
https://glovesbyweb.com/....../gloves-chemical......

Ryan Tudor so how long do traces of uncured resin take to break down nitrile rubber?

I'm curious where we got from this: to "doesn't really interfere with gloves"

I'm just not printing at all because if making resin baubles is more important than people's access to medical supplies to you, I think you're selfish as hell point blank.

Derek Reihe if your asking questions not for the answer but to make a point, than why don't you make it already.

My point is this: don't reuse gloves because you're putting yourself at risk.

Derek Reihe furthermore, encouraging new printers to take on half measures when it comes to their own personal safety is irresponsible

I'm just looking for how you got from "resin and IPA/cleaners break down the gloves" to "resin and IPA does not break down gloves in the slightest but you shouldn't do it anyway"

were you lying to make the concern/attention gained greater than it is in reality?

Derek Reihe maybe re-read, I don't think I contradicted my statlement at all. I'm all ears if you have a different workflow on this topic? if you're just being passive agressive than I'm sorry for my role in it, and I'll not be participating. if what i said strikes you as a personal affront or something just know that my only motives here are to set an example of good safety measures. I feel they should be respected at all times, and not exclusively when it's convenient.

Scott Pavlich good point! I do the same thing

I was lying then but I'm surely not lying now, trust me

First statement true, assuming we all use our ipa more than once. But you've made your shallow point I suppose

I have a nitrile glove that I peel off carefully and keep by the printer.
I've been using it for a couple of weeks, it works fine.

so again, how long does it take for IPA to break down a nitrile glove then

I use marigolds and wash them after and reuse them

Nope. Use and toss.

Dylan Hancox we got the African variety. Will they work?

I always reuse gloves, a pair of nitrile ones are good for a month or so.

I have a thick set I use for removing prints and cleaning. I just wash them like I was washing my hands in alcohol now and then but mostly I don't bother.

I don't bother with disposables unless it is something delicate or will need a lot of handling.

Study of the effectiveness of various glove types at protecting from monomers found in resins. All gloves were permeable to the smallest monomers (molecular resin building blocks) within 2 hours. Nitrile gloves were closer to 5-10 minutes. I admit that I only read the summary, so I may have missed something important from the body

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12974690/

this... I use my gloves until they get resin on them, after that it's 2-3 minutes at most before I change them

Sam Applegarth everything causes cancer. And it's not hard to wash it off? I use hand sanitizer first due to its alcohol content then regular soap and water. Trust me I've tasted it before after eating/drinking things I've touched much later. I know when it's still there. Not claiming to be safe just saying what I do

Derek Reihe dude, give it up. He self corrected by saying the dissolved resin in the IPA can be the issue.

he already did that, and then caterwauled instead of explain how long resin takes to dissolve gloves

il covid19 è un virus che attacca le vie aeree (naso, bocca e occhi): i guanti sono praticamente inutili. per proteggersi le mani è sufficiente lavarsele spesso per almeno 30-40 secondi e pulirle con gel a base alcolica.

Devin Wallace Simonsen This, man. This. I don't get the people that reuse nitrile gloves. They're so unbelievably dirt cheap. And even now, you can still get them fairly fast. To reuse and put yourself at a safety risk is insane...lol.

Hmm.. good to know. I only really contact the resin for a few seconds at a time though, before the first wash at least (I drop models from the build plate right into the rinse container). So the gloves are mainly for accidents. They do touch the model when it comes out of the rinse for longer, but hopefully most resin is off by then. I'll pay more attention now though. I'd just use lots of gloves, but seems they are needed for more important stuff currently?

To be honest I did have opportunity to test it. I had by accident left glove in small pool of resin for over 16h. After that I wated to chec how damaged glove was. I cleaned glove in ultrasonic cleaner. It was harder in the point of contact, but not to the point when I would breake at norma sage just less elastic. I also tested and it was tight no air or water was able to penetrate it.

Yikes. That's an interesting experiment. Just be mindful what you expose yourself to for hobby/science. Too much resin exposure can cause alergic dermititis.

You could use heavy dishwashing gloves but you lose a lot of feel.

picking up gloves with dirty hands contaminates the whole box of gloves when talking virus and similar... it's not better than nothing, it's a false sense of security

diffusion would still mean resin would penetrate

wow. I did not know that the nitrile ones were permeable to resin too. Time to use and toss!

Devin Wallace Simonsen try the chemical resistant ones.

I've got two boxes of 200. I'd have donated some, but we opened both boxes already and the hospital didn't want them if they were opened.

coi guanti, o senza, si rischia sempre di contaminarsi le mani: l'importante è non portarle a naso, bocca o occhi !

automotive gloves, much heavier duty, intended for changing transmission fluids and break fluids and other unfriendly stuff. try an auto parts store, kind of expensive

the other end is food grade celophane, water resistant, maybe not the best for anything but water soluble resin work, but theire cheap

Just put some alcohol on gloved hands and rub together like washing hands, remove and dry

I have around 5 boxes of 5mil gloves (caught them on sale at Harbor Frieght) and one box of 7 mil gloves (the aforementioned heavy duty mechanic ones). I haven't gotten to trying to reuse yet, but if this drags on a few more months I might have to.

May I ask for your exposure times? I've found this happens occasionally to my drainage holes on hollowed minis and I just need to take a sharp knife/scalpel to the hole before I post-cure to widen the hole enough for the resin to drain properly.

Do you have the anodized print bed that is completely blue or the metal surfaced print bed?

Josh Berkley blue

Josh Dalgliesh I do t know of the top of my head but I think it’s 60 bottom and 12

This happens easily with clear resins. The uv light leaks through already cured layers and hardens resin in the pocket.

Try lowering your exposure times per layer to 8 would be my first recommendation. Second suggestion is increase the time for the raising and lowering of the bed slightly so there is plenty of time for the uncured resin to flow free and drain off the pr int. It'll increase your overall print time of course, but unwanted curing such as this should decrease. Besides, if your reduce your layer times by 4 and increase the "off time" by increasing the raise and lower process by 4, then they'll offset one another and you won't notice a difference in the print times.

will do ty so much

awww ty I’ll keep that In mind.ty

Jimmy Clark no worries man, let us know how it works out :)

Try printing it on its side (edge). I've been printing lithophanes on their sides and have had great success

Amazon should have them if your stateside

Is this on android?

Yeah buddy!

Can you get it to work with the front camera?

Hi I just downloaded but I don’t have options for download type. Only download

Android? :p

not yet

congratulations . the software is available for Android. in case it will be available. I don't have any Apple devices. thank you.

Ok, i will try....

Ok, no try... only with by credits before.... sorry, not for me.... i will try before buy.... and click...erased

I think this will only work on some iPhones because it's use a feature on the frontal camera

Thomas Weissböck you can scan and try for free. Only download STL need credits

Omg, someone else has done these. ❤️ I LOVE the highland cows. We’ve done several and given them to my parents and the in laws.

Never tried it but I've heard acetone is a good cleaner if you're careful. Short baths <45s

Support Locals and pickup some Monocure Resin away...

ah ok i'll look into it

Cheers, this is looking like the best option

"There is no Dana only Zuul."

Are these solid or hollow?

Nate Nelson hollow

Again. When your ready I will happily buy the stls.

Nate Nelson thanks again I will definitely let you know. I'm about to tackle the library ghost next. Wish me luck.

Please model printer?