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Reply To: Resin printing safety

January 5, 2024 at 1:01 am #1856272

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I’m pretty relaxed around resins and 3d printing. I recently started wearing gloves (marigolds so one pair lasts about six months, not filling landfill with those horrible latex things) but now because without them I got my fingers all sticky and made my tools horrible to work with, rather than through any particular safety concern.

That said, some people are super sensitive to resins. My wife is super sensitive to perfume and can’t wear it at all. We’re all different. We all have different tolerances to stuff.

Modern resins are far less stinky than a few years ago but they can still leave an odour – I print in my workshop and notice the smell when I first go in (if the printer is running) but so noticing it very quickly.

Do what you’re comfortable with. There doesn’t seem to be any kind of consensus as to what’s “safe” – some of us appear reckless, others appear overly cautious; nobody actually knows who is right just yet!