CLEANING OF RESIN PRINTER

Welcome to Dudley’s Hub this blog has been done by Father and Son The Dudley Family, But the shop and brand are run and owned by the Son who is called Daniel Dudley, The Father is most of the time in the background, But my dads name is Boss man, But I got a 3D filament printer February 2022, Then we found out for my needs I need a resin 3D printer and in August 2022 we got the printer, Because of my learning difficulties I needed my dads help and this is where the Farther and Son started, He also helps with the blogs and reading over them to see if thay are ok at the end of me doing them.

The main reason I got into 3D printing was to try and save money, You can a bit but sometime it can work out more with buying the files and then printing but 90% of the time it’s cheaper, I also wanted to modified my models and build more for my hobby social media and that is called Dudley’s Scale Model Car’a the main think what started Dudley’s Hub and the known brand. 2025 is the start of my good thoughts and new stuff for my shop known as Dudley’s Handmade Shop.

What started this blog was myself and my dad looked around the internet to find help and we found some stuff but not a lot and we thought we would share what we learned will help other 3D printer users, We also would like to say we are experts or the best out there, We are just sharing what we learned and found out and what work best for us.

We are going to do more 3D blogs to help you. If you see anything in red it’s a clickable and you can buy it, we do get a bit from the sale but it’s what we used and we do recommend it.

CLEANING AFTER USING THE RESIN PRINTER

     CLEANING RESIN TANK

·      washable Resin use If using water warm soapy water

·      If using normal resin, then use 90% IPA solution

CLEANING THE BUILD PLATFORM

1.    Allow the building platform to drip.

2.    Remove any model from it using a metal scraper with the angled edge on the build plate this will aid in not damaging the surface

3.    Wipe excess resin off the plate.

4.    Wipe with IPA wipes or 90% I.P.A solution.

5.    Wipe again general wipe it to dry it.

 CLEANING THE RESIN TANK

1.    Empty the resin tank of resin and use the plastic scraper to

 Remove any remaining resin to empty the resin tank.

1.    Clear any parts that have stuck in the resin tank F.E.P or A.C.F.

2.    Putting finger under the F.E.P and part and gently push up then use the plastic scraper using it to go between the F.E.P and part remove, and clear the scraper then do the same to any others

3.    Clean the inner and outer surfaces

4.    Wipe with IPA wipes or 90% I.P.A solution

5.    Wipe again generally wipe it to dry it

 CLEANING TOOLS

·      Scrapers

·      Funnel  etc

1.    Wipe with IPA wipes or 90% I.P.A mix

2.    Wipe again generally wipe it to dry it

CLEANING BEFORE IT IS GOING AWAY FOR UNKNON PERIOD OF TIME

CLEANING AFTER USE OF RESIN PRINTER CLEANING THE BUILD PLATFORM

If using water-washable Resin use warm soapy water

If using normal resin, then use 90% IPA solution

1.    Take the building plate apart

2.    Use the correct medium for the type of resin

3.    Wash the parts of the build plate and threads and holes

4.    Including the screws

5.    Then put it to drain

6.    Now dry the parts

7.    Using PTFE LUBE or 3-ONE OIL and cloth clean the threads of the screws put a bit onto the corner of the cloth and using finger and, thumb. Clean the thread and then screw them into the appropriate hole. To ensure they match start using your finger and thumb to ensure it’s not cross-threaded.

8.    If it goes difficult to tighten then screw in and screw out until it is all in, then unscrew re-lube the thread then do it again, then unscrew the re-lube thread off and screw it in as normally.

9. For Any holes that the screw just passes through make sure they got no resin in them so that the screw passes through the hole easily and when loose it can move easily IE up and down as these are how you adjust the Z axis.

CLEANING BEFORE IT IS GOING AWAY FOR UNKNON PERIOD OF TIME

CLEANING THE RESIN TANK

1.    Use the correct medium for the type of resin.

2.    Wash the parts of the resin tank and holes.

3.    Including the screws.

4.    Then put it to drain.

5.    Now dry the parts.

6.    Using PTFE LUBE or 3-ONE OIL and cloth clean the threads of the screws put a bit onto the corner of the cloth and using your finger and thumb clean the thread and then screw them into the appropriate hole to make sure they match start using finger and thumb to make sure it’s not cross threaded.

7.    If it goes difficult to tighten then screw in and screw out until it is all in, then unscrew re-lube the thread then do it again then unscrew then re-lube the thread screw it in normally.

8. For Any holes that the thread just passes through make sure they have no resin in them so they pass through easily.

PUT THE BUILD PLATEFORM BACK ON TO MACHINE

·      Slacken Z-axis adjusting screws then zero x-axis

·      Pressing down on the plate tighten the adjusting screws if four tighten in an X pattern, and set up the building plate then set home to =0

   TO STOP THE BASES STICKING TO THE F.E.P

·      When you start to clean the F.E.P with an I.P.A wipe allow it to evaporate then wipe dry.

·      Then apply PTFE to F.E.P leave it for 10 minutes then wipe the excess off the F.E.P.