These videos are great for the community, specially for new starters. I'm an old time painter, but new to the printing game, and I'm loving every second of the hobby. These videos were some of the most helpful videos to get that level of perfect prints. Thank you guys, keep up the good job!
this was great. learned a ton. would love to see more videos like this. thanks for bringing the female team member back. she has a great voice and seems much calm them the 2 dudes.
Great video. I love the mention of safety too. So many videos regarding resin printing and finishing ignore or skip past the safety aspects of the process.
The "thickened resin" tip is genius! I usually fill holes with resin when I can, but always lamented it being too thin, so I would use something like putty.
You really need to be careful with that though, I personally wouldn‘t do it. Resin is designed to only cure a very thin layer so when you have a couple of milimeters of resin gunk you are probably only curing the outer most bits and behind it you will have the untouched gunk for basically forever
@@Fra4nky That is true. I've been using this thickening trick the last few days on some prints. While I'm sure there's a glop of uncured resin behind it, these are mold masters. They are only used to make a silicone mold from, so the uncured resin doesn't matter as long as it's on the inside.
@@Fra4nky when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like nails. Pva and paper is a great filler if you have nothing else, two part epoxy resin is also decent. But generally modelling putty is the best, designed for the job. Then you can resin finish over once it has set.
Great video . Actually learned something this time. Been resin printing for years and the post work has never been my best skills, but this really helps.
Great video, if I may add as I see this often, when it comes to grinding the models and dealing with resin dust, use IPA to prevent dust going airborne and when done you can brush off the model with IPA again, far better than risking inhaling it or seeing it go everywhere
That parts bin you showed in the last few seconds is every model kitbasher's dream! Awesome video, I like the tip for using resin and baby powder especially. I normally use Miliput but it's way too thick for smaller gaps, particularly if the surrounding areas have a lot of detail. I still need to do some gap filling on December's dragons, so perfect timing!
Excellently professional production quality. I love my FDM printer but am considering a newer Saturn resin printer for increased detail, and this was a very useful video.
This saves my prints. I pri t large figures and have issues with divits from supports and also spaces where they connect...the baby powder technique is brilliant.
@@MidwinterEclipse WOW, a year old huh. Sure I'll bite. Some personal responsibility for your own health is just common sense. Ask any woodworker if they would use a mask while sanding.
@@brianblather yea, covid really gave masks a bad connotation. But it's almost like masks have been a thing long before and will be a thing long after. Your advice about wearing a mask for working with uncured resin and sanding, well, anything, is something that everyone should follow if they don't want to mess up their lungs or anything else.
I've never thought of using resin like this. What I usually do is sand down the connector pieces until they fit. Than use superglue to stuck them together and afterwards fill with either milliput white, greenstuff, or liquid greenstuff. Milliput can be softened with water so it is really nice to work with - and safe. Liquid green stuff is nice for blending parts and filling tiny gaps - though you might need more than one coat... I also like using it as a "paint" as it erases almost all layer lines. I usually apply it to the desired surface, and then use wet brushes to work it in. If needed I sand it down and apply again. It can be used for a really nice effect on capes and fabrics.
I have and FDM and a MSLA printer now, and I'm working on starting making miniatures for myself and improve my painting skills. RU-vid then suggested this video. Right at the beginning I was like "This accent is too familiar". Quick trip to "about" section and... olha, só, brasileiros!
I often just 3d print the removed holes into their own model so they can just be plugged and glued back on. easy to do this in zbrush or your 3d modeling tools (Booleans) specially if the hole you need to make is huge. or designed it into the model . I often have the drain holes where I keyed the parts for assembly. that way when I assemble the multi part model the holes are instantly taken care of.
I was just saying on fb that I was nervous about gluing the wings on 75 mm Ashgex because the one wing that I glued is soooooo uneven. Now I want to try! I gotta get some baby powder to fill all, and I do mean all, the gaps........
I'd argue a hygiene mask isn't enough. You'd want a painter's mask or N95 ath the minimum, if not a full respirator with an P2 particle filter. Resin can cause allergies if you're exposed to regularly. Also, sanding might expose undercured resin so another blast of the good old curing light might be appropriate
I come from making gundams and other plastic model kits so I fill holes with tamiya putty. I think I like the resin method as it dries instantly with UV light. Putty takes a while.
Very useful video, thanks a lot !!! I'm looking for something to apply before the primer coat, to reveal all imperfections who left on the resin... I'm not sure that exists, but I know it's used before painting walls, so why not on resin prints!? Do you have a suggestion ? Thank you!! :)
Resin printing imperfections are mainly due to the layers being visible, if you don't have a high resolution printer, or due to marks left from removing supports, which you can clear using a rotary tool or sand paper.
Can you link to the tools you recommended in the video. I've tried searching for dark containers and silicone brushes and i can't find anything close to what was in the video
Anyone know where you can find a good cheap exhaust fan with filter like they show here? I'd like to have something for when I'm just doing a little sanding so that resin dust doesn't get everywhere.
Did you find one? Otherwise here it is: bathroom fans. Just visit the bathrooms/heating system section of your nearest hardware store and user the power of improvisation 😉 Done! Hahahaha