Use my method and skip the Wash and Cure for resin prints 

I added a link to the UV lamp used in the video to the description.

You sound like a professor I had in college and I never stayed away in his class. I’m going to watch this on nights that I have insomnia.

I knew nothing about 3d printing but since I found your channel I know all I need to build my own things and do it right. So thank you very much.

My dude! I was one the brink of buying a wash/cure station, you just saved my a$$ a ton of cash. Works great my guy. Good tip,SUBSCRIBED.

Thanks for showing the results and explaining the washing & curing times you use! Over washing could explain why my prints on 4k aren't as crisp as expected

My tips to let the alcohol dry really fast is to whip the model to let go the pooled up alcohol on the corner of the model, be careful with your grip to not throw the model across the room

Love that you mention to be responsible with cutting all the waste, nice job!

With denatured alcohol and especially clear prints, you need to find a brand that doesn't have additives with unwanted properties. Often by trial and error, as not all brands list all the ingredients. Some have a bad smelling agent and the smell stays, and some contain MEK, which dissolves the prints a bit and makes the surface more matte or a bit sticky. I also had one that contained I don't know what, but my best guess hydrogen peroxide. I washed my FDM printer bearings with it because I wanted to relubricate them, and they rusted immediately. Had to get new ones. At least avoid the ones marketed as intended specifically for sanitization/antimicrobial applications.

You never skipped any wash or cure process.. Why the title when you DO in fact, wash and cure?

Great video! Really easy method, and I think I have soaked the prints for way to long in the IPA. Gonna try your method now:))

Ah I was always scared of not washing my prints enough. Looks like I've been washing them too much. Same with curing. I switched to a hot gun instead of water because where i live we hardly get any sun and it takes forever for the water to evaporate, especially when I'm printing a much at once. Overall good video.

Glad to see I don't need more stuff!!

Hello from the couch in my living room!

This literally doesn't skip the wash & cure steps. This is the default method without a Wash&Cure Station. But anyway thank you for the details and tips & tricks it is helpful for a newby like me but I anticipated something else from the title

hi sir i like the process you use i am completely new in 3d printing but i have a question when we are now cleaning how to store the alcohol should we completely seal container or we need to leav little space open for air

well I really think I should at least pre wash my prints in container with separate ipa and using some brush. Yesterday I was cleaning my wash station (elegoo mercury) and it was messy and painful. This way I will keep IPA in main wash station at least cleaner for MUCH longer time. and if main wash station IPA is dirty, still can reuse it as a pre-wash and not throw it away. Using Wash station is definitely comfortable but putting there whole buildplate with plenty of resin on it and on prints isn't wise idea if you don't want to clean station after every 5th print

Thanks for the information. I like your BOX UV setup. Going to do this...well...right now.... :)

Well, I use water-washable resin, hot water (about 45°C) and the Wash & Cure machine and I am very satisied. What is the best of it is the curing. There is only one thing to take care of - before you cure it, the print itself should be dry as much as possible. If not, you get somethiong I call 'maps' or almoost white (I use light grey resin) spots on place what were wet. It don's destroy details but it is quite disturbing and I must use base color to get rid of it. For me it's ok because I paint it anyway.

Get a flexible magnetic plate. I never have issue removing models.

I live in the UK. I tried looking for "denatured alcohol" online, since everyone says its better for resin. But all I get is IPA and purple methyl alcohol results.

Flex plate, great investment

thank you for this video

thanks for the video, can you please tell something about fumes? i see you have a mask and some devices to filter air. there is no good video on that topic. would be nice of you could make one

get a flex palte to fix the stuck to the build plate. I will never understand why people don't get them, they're cheap; easy to instal and save you a ton of headache

You need to purchase flex plate for your printer, looking how you scratching build platform - it is like a knife in heart )))

I fr should of watched this before I printed my model 😅

Your exposure time on those bottom layers is quite high! That is why you are having a hard time removing them from the plate!

Why do you dry your prints before putting them in hot water? That looks like a good step to do after. I like your DIY curing station, and your models look awesome. I've started removing my models from the supports while they are still drippy and on the build plate. The plate makes a good handle, and I have less to process so my alcohol stays cleaner longer. I remove the rafts and supports from the plate with the metal scraper and a little rubber mallet, then it goes back on the machine without cleaning. Maybe I'm doing it wrong but it's working so far.

Waiting for my first resin printer to arrive in the mail (been FDM printing for 7 years), can't help but being confused reading the title and watching the video. Because you did wash and cure the parts, so what am i missing? You didn't leave them in the alcohol and under the lamp as long as people normally do, but you did still do it, right?

I Buy the lamp one minute ago... how hot is the hot water?

DId i really need the turntable? im thinking in place the lamp over the print and a mirror under it, in an enclosed box with foil.

I do all this and my print has been curing for hours and is still super wet

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Was that Zacama?

So is it bad if you go beyond 60 secs?

What exactly is the dirty wash?

How hot is the hot water

How much time do you put the model in hot water?

could you break down what you Curing station is?

And there's me, who never cure my prints at all 🗿 i always skip the cure part since i only printed keycaps but i guess i should buy that uv lamp. Edit : i use water based resin

Oh my goodness. My eyes bleeding when I see you with the metal scraper. Is for you no problem, if you destroy the surface from the Build Plate ?