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Ignoring the fact that there's no way I can spill resin on the floor with my current printing / curing setup, I would just wipe most of it off with paper towels
by iLoveOncall 2y ago
Ignoring the fact that there's no way I can spill resin on the floor with my current printing / curing setup, I would just wipe most of it off with paper towels, then clean with water (or IPA but I use water-washable resin), and then if really needed I would cure it and scrape it off.
I don't have a single drop of resin anywhere on the desk where I take care of prints, so it's not that hard.
Note that it's in a room that I dedicate as my workshop, so I'm the only one that goes in and only for DYI purpose (and rarely).
- Ruthalas 2y agoParent may be imagining a carpeted apartment, which would make cleanup more difficult. When I was in such a location I used silicone project mats with raised edges fastidiously to avoid ever dripping on the carpet.
- iLoveOncall 2y agoYes that's what I was thinking of after leaving my own comment, but it's a lot less common outside of the US. I have wooden floors. Otherwise I would definitely either avoid it entirely or cover the whole floor area one way or another.
- Symbiote 2y agoCarpet or cracks between wooden floor planks, plus the fumes from the spill will then be in the room and need ventilating. When I was briefly considering buying a resin printer, I was horrified by the comments on Reddit from teenagers who were printing D&D figures in their bedrooms, handling spills by rubbing them into the carpet, or assuming "low odour" meant "safe". In these discussions, comments from a chemist who claimed to work for a company producing the resin were downvoted, they didn't want to know. "Well, I'll be careful" generally isn't an adequate safety precaution in industry or academia.