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Reply To: What do I clean resin prints with, given the unavailability of isopropyl alcoho?

March 27, 2020 at 11:36 am #1502009

blinky465

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DPM – Dipropylene Glycol Methyl Ether – 5L for £30 from rdlabs.co.uk

I just got mine and have used it both as a bath to soak minis in and in my ultrasonic cleaner – both work well; the ultrasonic cleaner gave me some of the crispest prints I’ve had (although I also dropped my exposure time down from 10s to 9.5s so it’s probably that as well!)

It *does* leave the minis feeling a bit “oily” straight out of the bath and, unlike alcohol, it’s designed not to evaporate too quickly (glycerol is the main ingredient in vape juices, so that’s the kind of feel you get). I rinse my minis in soapy water before priming anyway – I now just make sure I do it as soon as they come out of the bath, so they don’t get a sticky residue drying on them.