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.

  • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The main issue I see with that is uneven curing. Since the UV is only on the bottom, it would only cure where the UV can hit it. I suppose it might be possible if you manually turned the print to cure every angle, but I imagine this still wouldn’t cure evenly.

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      10 months ago

      Yeah I was about to post the same. I actually modified my old printer (sparkmaker) to be my curing box. To solve the turning issue I put the LED panel upright by strapping it to the Z linear rail, chopped short the Z lead-screw and attached a lazy Suzan to that screw.

      Edit: photo of my monstrosity