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March 15, 2024 at 1:19 pm #1867921

blinky465

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I’ve stopped noticing the smell from my 3d printer.
I think this is probably down to the type of resin as much as anything else. In the early days, resins were pretty stinky.
They’re still not odour-free. If I leave a vat of resin out and don’t cover it, there’s a bit of a “tang” in the air an hour or so later, when I return to the workshop. But it’s a smell that I stop noticing really really quickly.

But I don’t leave resin lying around uncovered (for long anyway).
And with an Anycubic Mono 4K and Sunlu abs-like resin (sometimes I buy eco resin but only because of price) after four (five?) years of 3d printing, I haven’t noticed any kind of build up of particles/smell.

I certainly think a respirator is overkill!