ELEGOO Mercury Plus 2 in 1 3D Printing Wash and Cure Station V2 for Mars Photon S Photon Mono LCD SLA DLP 3D Printer Models

I feel like a damn fool for not purchasing this when I purchased my Elegoo Mars 2. It saves so much freaking time in cleaning my prints!! After spending sooooooo much extra time cleaning my prints by hand I ordered this, and it’s saved my sanity!! Thank Goodness!!

I love this machine - does a great job washing and curing my prints. Compared to the $600 Prusa CW1 this thing is a steal. I love that i can just grab the entire build plate and stick it in the machine - saves on the mess.

I initially used this with the Elegoo Standard Grey, which Im not a fan of. I had planned to just use all my stock of the standard resin and only buy water washable resin after, but the Mercury+ makes post print processing so easy, I might actually consider using the standard stuff again. The is a warning on the product page that the Mercury Plus isnt intended for cleaning the water washable resin, but I have found that using hot (preferably near boiling), water significantly improves both the clean up process and removing supports without damaging the model. My cure station set up before was a simple 120v UV lamb for like a nail salon or something. Didnt even have a proper hanger, as I just hung off a kitchen cabinet door by its own cable. I pretty regularly over exposed my prints as it would take hours for them to cure fully and I would forget about them. This thing does in 10 minutes what my ghetto lamp does in like 3 hours. And the turn table lets things cure evenly. So now my prints dont have areas that are over or under exposed. If you have an SLA printer, this thing is a must have.

Product has worked really well and I have to say the customer service has been on point. When it arrive I had a small part that had been broken in shipping, and one email to them was all it took to fix it. They responded very quickly and within hours I had a tracking number for the replacement part. Small problems like this will always pop up, but its how the company handles it that makes the difference. Will definitely buy from them again.

This is a must have for 3D resin printing. It is very easy to use and has all of the features I could want for post processing my 3D prints.

The video for this product clearly states that the bucket is adjustable to the liquid level, but the model I received does not have this capability. Pretty bummed, that’s one of the main reasons I got this version. Also, the rotor is small and the motor is pretty wimpy, so the vortex is very underwhelming; I tested it and I saw no difference between it and just letting the models soak with a few swirls at the beginning and end. Lastly, this is a bit of a nitpick, but when the machine is in curing mode, it’s silent at all times. But as soon as you run the cleaner, there is a weird running noise that persists even after it’s done with the cycle. It’s almost like a new motor kicks in and is running at idle until you shut it off…very bizarre. At the end of the day, this machine does the job to an extent, and is vastly better than not having one, but I would recommend that you fork out a little more money and get something better, you will be happy you did.

So I hate to give elegoo a bad review as I was a big fan of the Mars 2 pro, which I still use. As well as the Mars 3 pro, until recently. I had recently bought this and the mars 3 in a package. I have had both machines less than a year and neither of them are functioning as they should be. You can find a review on the Mars 3 pro on the Mars 3 page but I digress. I have no complaints about the curing capability, it does that function very well. If thats all you are looking for this machine will do it fine. The wash function is the part of the machine that I have the most amount of trouble with. The wash function will work sometimes and other times it wont. It seems that the magnets that drive the motor are not powerful enough to get the motor to spin after some use. I have tried pulling this out and cleaning it and tighting the screw back up. Both are temporary fixes, and when I say temporary, I mean this isnt just regular maintenance. Some times it will stop rotating during the wash cycle or it simply will not start rotating. So it really only performs half of its job as intended. So unfortunately I cannot recommend this machine and currently cannot recommend their Mars 3 Either, as neither of these products have lasted even 9 months. The curing machine only worked properly for the first 3 months or so. With the Mars 3 malfunctioning this month. Really it is up to their customer service at this point if they are going to end up keeping me as a customer or not. Overall pretty disappointed.

Unboxed the wash station to discover that the attachment fir the build plate was missing. The main reason why I bought the wash station was to wash the build plate. Cant do that without the attachment. So disappointed!

Used for a total of 30 minutes of curing time, left side of lights has gone out. Replacement on the way, hopefully I just got a bad unit. Works great when it worked, and does still function with the remaining leds.

I wasnt sure what to expect with the cleaner but its super easy to use and looks clean next to all the resin and 3D printers. The curing definitely makes a difference on the final product as well!