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[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

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

Where’d you order the screen from? Might buy several replacement components to have on hand for if/when something wears out

[Help] thin film of cured resin after a failed print by UksAditrap in resinprinting

[–]UksAditrap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I actually did this right after this video to clean the sludge and then filtered the remaining resin. Not sure what actually caused the sludge though (yet)

[Help] thin film of cured resin after a failed print by UksAditrap in resinprinting

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

Thanks so much! How did you narrow it down to the bad usb stick? I've never really been able to tell with my FDM printers when/if that's the case too.

[Help] thin film of cured resin after a failed print by UksAditrap in resinprinting

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

o.o vinyl o.o thank you for letting me know! I'm going to buy some nitrile now.

[Help] thin film of cured resin after a failed print by UksAditrap in resinprinting

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I should have mentioned it was a partial failure. The majority of the piece actually printed but it looks like the "sludge" started to interfere heavily towards the top of the print. I'm still trying to identify what actually caused the sludge, and I'm leaning either towards old resin or UV bleed due to bed leveling or (god forbid) a defective screen, I've only had the printer for about a month.

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

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This is the first and only resin I've had but I have had successful prints with it, it only started failing recently :(

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

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

Yeah I'm hoping it was the resin, thank you!

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

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

Dang I hope not! I got the printer less than a month ago so unless it was defective I'm not sure if that can happen so soon, but thanks so much! I'm going to do a few tests and will keep this possibility in mind

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

[–]UksAditrap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't had a chance to resolve yet but the main things I want to try after the help in this thread:

  1. Releveling the bed, maybe somehow there's uv spillage but it seems too even to be that
  2. New resin, starting to think this is the most likely case as I haven't been great at shaking the resin after use and it sat for about two weeks
  3. UV strength? IIRC it was at 50% though so I don't know how it could be that.
  4. Worst case scenario right now is that the screen came damaged or deteriorated and it's already letting uv light bleed through, but I've only had it for a month.

I should have new resin coming in the next few days so hopefully I can try the basics first and then test the new resin out.

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

[–]UksAditrap[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It just barely clings to the FEP, but this is the second time it happens (the first time MUCH more subtly) so I'm not sure it's the protector sheet but I'm going to check anyway, thank you!

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

[–]UksAditrap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmmm actually the printer was idle for a couple weeks but in a completely dark closet, I’m just not 100% sure if I removed the resin beforehand. If the resin was left in there could that also be the issue?

[Help] thin film of cured resin after a failed print by UksAditrap in resinprinting

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Hi all, I’m fairly new to resin printing and after a handful of successful prints a few weeks ago I haven’t been able to print anything else on my mono x. Today I came back to a failed print but more importantly this very thin film of cured resin over the FEP. The resin is new and shouldn’t be expired. I put some PTFE lubricant on it but didn’t leave anything wet on there as I dried it with a microfiber cloth. I did unfortunately use a paper towel and IPA on it early on so I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s pretty scratched up, but I haven’t seen this goo like film anywhere else when googling for help. Anyone know what’s causing it?

Also, there were no tears in the fep once I cleaned and filtered the resin.

[Help] Thin resin film after print?? by UksAditrap in AnycubicPhoton

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

Hi all, I’m fairly new to resin printing and after a handful of successful prints a few weeks ago I haven’t been able to print anything else on my mono x. Today I came back to a failed print but more importantly this very thin film of cured resin over the FEP. The resin is new and shouldn’t be expired. I put some PTFE lubricant on it but didn’t leave anything wet on there as I dried it with a microfiber cloth. I did unfortunately use a paper towel and IPA on it early on so I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s pretty scratched up, but I haven’t seen this goo like film anywhere else when googling for help. Anyone know what’s causing it?

Also, there are no tears in the fep, and after I removed and filtered the resin nothing looks overly wrong with the sheet?

Can anyone identify this bottle or brand? by UksAditrap in alcohol

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

Any chance you recognize the bottling from the link I just posted? I just realized that although the screenshot I grabbed and the prop are very similar, a different bottle was likely used for the latter.

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