ELEGOO ABS-Like 2.0 3D Printer Resin 1kg Grey, Rapid Precise Printing Resin 405nm LCD UV-Curing for LCD 3D Printer

So I got the clear resin……. This stuff is hot garbage. Maybe I got a bad batch or something. I noticed there wasn’t very many reviews on it so maybe not enough people have used it. And I’m printing on the Mars 3, Elegoos own brand of printer, so this should be formulated to work great with their printer, right? Wrong. Anyway…… I started out not being able to get good quality prints, I mean it was bad. They were either completely failing, supports would stop printing or not print at all, or I was getting waves of globs of resin randomly in my print. Almost like it was running down the part and extra UV light was curing it as it dripped down. So I assumed I had an exposure time issue. So I set up the Resin Exposure XP2 Validation Matrix test print to figure out the correct exposure settings. Elegoo calls for around 12s of exposure. I set up validation matrix test prints from 6s all the way to 15s……. 6, 7, and 8 seconds didn’t look too bad, and 9-15s actually looked pretty darn good. I determined 12-15s was best. So I printed models I have printed great before within these exposure ranges multiple times, I was starting to get actual full prints off the print bed, but was still getting the globs of cured resin, and any fine detailed areas, and areas with supports close together were just becoming globs themselves. Needless to say, I went through an entire bottle and days wasted trying to get this stuff right. $38 in resin gone with nothing to show for it, except garbage. I switched to Anycubic’s clear resin, all prints came out perfectly. I won’t be buying this stuff again.

Dont buy until Elegoo fixes the issue with their bottles and caps. The old bottles never had this problem. I have to return four bottles now from three different orders. The resin also is not printing as well as it did when it was in the older bottles with a shorter cap. Also beware which seller you buy it from, Elegoo WILL NOT assist you if it was not bought from them or an authorized seller, thankfully Amazons stellar customer service took care of me. Buy Epax or Weistek if you want a good, strong, and flexible resin.

I bought this thinking it would be better than the water washable stuff Id been making miniatures out of because Id been having problems with brittleness, well, its not brittle, so a few stars for that I guess, but then it requires longer time and seems very very temperature sensitive so if you have a space that might have a range of temperatures throughout the day.... well... you might not get your print. If you adjust your time up youll overexpose and lose detail. I dont like this stuff, and Ive got too much left over to just stop using it, but damn if its not the most consistently disappointing resin Ive used.

As always this product performs at the highest standards. I cant complain in the slightest about this product.

The clear blue resin has become my new go to resin for everything. Strong, low odor and it looks so dang cool on the build plate that Ive found more and more excuses to make clear things.

I keep picking elegoo ABS-like for my toy printing needs. It has a nice spring to the final print that keeps them from breaking too easily. For example, a sword on a DnD mini printed with this resin (on a Mars2Pro) can bend about 15-20 degrees before snapping, as compared to some more rigid resins. Cleanup is easy with IPA. Smell is moderate. This resin is compatible with alcohol resin inks, although with the white resin it takes a LOT of dye (20-30 drops) to achieve even a pale pastel color, so for coloring one might consider a pre-tinted resin as a base. For stronger toy prints, consider mixing with 20% siraya tech blu or tenacious to lend rigidity or flexibility to the final print - these resins mix nicely! Shipped quickly and securely. Will happily buy again!