Here is my brand new (second hand) Elegoo Mars 3 printer.

I’ve had some experience with FDM but this is my first time with resin.

Current progress:

  • Brought a VOC face mask and nitrile gloves. Do I need UV glasses?
  • ordered soy based resin and a wash/cure station
  • installed and found chitubox slicer isn’t great
  • don’t understand plug drilling and hollowing
  • plan to paint mimi’s from it. Advice on painting resin?

I know some of this is basic but I felt it might promt interesting conversation.

  • egonallanon@lemm.ee
    3·
    8 days ago

    Uv glasses aren’t really needed as uv is only really exposed when printing at whibh point the resin and build plate will cover the uv source plus the printer cover should be uv filtering.

    Painting resin minis is the same as painting any other I’ve found other than they can be more brittle so you’ve got to be a little more gentle but it’s not a big issue.

        • Fenderfreek@lemmy.world
          3·
          8 days ago

          Yes. You can mix it into “normal” resin to give additional toughness to the parts. It helps with small features that might require more delicate handling normally. I’ve used it at like 20-30% for stuff that needs just a little give, all the way up to like 80% for stuff that needed to be fairly flexible.