remotelove@lemmy.ca to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoSide project: Isopropyl distillation from resin printing rinsinglemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down18file-text
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Edit: Deleting this post. It’s starting to get controversial, but that’s OK. Not what I planned on, but whatevers.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoDo you take any steps to clean the wash before boiling it? Filtering or anything like that? I’ve had some success using aluminum sulfate to precipitate resin out of the wash based on this guy’s work: Recycle Isopropyl Alcohol FAST! | Recovering IPA From 3D Printer Resin Wash I haven’t tried distillation… as you say, it’s risky. What does your waste look like after distillation? And… what would you think about using an alcohol still for this, instead of lab glassware?
Do you take any steps to clean the wash before boiling it? Filtering or anything like that?
I’ve had some success using aluminum sulfate to precipitate resin out of the wash based on this guy’s work: Recycle Isopropyl Alcohol FAST! | Recovering IPA From 3D Printer Resin Wash
I haven’t tried distillation… as you say, it’s risky.
What does your waste look like after distillation? And… what would you think about using an alcohol still for this, instead of lab glassware?
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