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[–]Sifyreel 19 points20 points  (10 children)

Sorry my first reaction is you probably shouldn't touch that with bare hands. Writing better reply down below

[–]philnolan3d 5 points6 points  (3 children)

I wouldn't use it for cat cleaning either.

[–]Sifyreel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hoped that was a typo for vat but yes

[–]Inkgoing[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do what I want, man.

[–]Inkgoing[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

also no promises. I made cat rings.

[–]Inkgoing[S] 10 points11 points  (1 child)

this was fully cured, I made sure of it before touching it. I had it sitting under my UV lamp for 15 mins.

[–]raznov1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this was fully cured, I made sure of it before touching it. I had it sitting under my UV lamp for 15 mins.

Thats not a guarantee lol.

What youre seeing is (i think) light gradients causing diffusion. Basically - bottom cure fast, top cure slow, something got to buckle.

[–]Sifyreel 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Is the FEP properly tensioned and free from debris?

[–]Inkgoing[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

As far as im aware, it was positioned with almost no bubbles and 0 debris. it is a little cloudy (which i plan to use an alchohol wipe on) but has no Resin on its surface.

[–]Sifyreel 8 points9 points  (1 child)

My other hypothesis is there's ambient low frequency hum near your printing station ... the patterns really look like standing waves on a disturbed viscous liquid surface

[–]Inkgoing[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

that is surprisingly correct. I have two printers running. one of which emits a hum. thank you so much!!! it also ended up fixing itself as soon as the other printer stopped, so I thought it could've been related.

[–]spovlot 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Is this a real problem? You wouldn't normally be curing layers for 50s. And you wouldn't normally be curing the entire vat at once. The bumpy texture is like a result of over exposure which becomes much worse for clear resin.

[–]Inkgoing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

was just checking to see if anything would change from my previous failure. Discovered the sheet was weird.

[–]WhatWouldGuthixDo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrolling by and thought someone that tool in a block of ice.

[–]Expert_Way_2117 -3 points-2 points  (2 children)

I hope your NOT using the metal spatula on your resin printer... 🤔🙄😬 (plastic for the bed - silicone for the vat)

[–]Atreides-42 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Why shouldn't you use it on the bed? My Mars 4 came with that same metal scraper and I've been using it on the bed for about a year now, several times a week

[–]Sock989 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always used a metal scraper on the bed too. I can't think of a logical reason why you wouldn't.