ANYCUBIC 3D Printer Resin LCD UV 405nm Rapid Photopolymer for LCD/DLP/SLA 3D Printers, 500g Grey

TL;DR - it's fine if you're on a budget and it's fine for bulk-printing things you don't care too much about or big solid items (I'm making some slimes for my kid and figuring out new settings and programs for my 3D printer, so I bought this expecting to waste some on trial and error)I definitely second what some folks say about how much cleaning is required. At first I thought it was normal but having used a friend's resin for a run, this one's nuts. It's not the end of the world or anything, but cleanup is definitely a thing. A tip though - you can remove a lot of the excess resin by soaping it up and then wiping it off with a tissue or cloth, suds and all, THEN clean with alcohol, this will ease the burden on your cleaning product just make sure you wash your hands properly because this stuff burns like hell if you get it on more sensitive skin, worse than any other UV resin I've used.Aside from that, eh, it's fine. I've printed a tonne of stuff with no complaints, and some with issues that's probably more down to human error. It does indeed have some issues with sticking to the vat and it punishes you if you don't stay on top of cleaning but it's not terrible. I've not had any issues with how brittle it is, and I use it for minis, but mine are all still fairly fresh, so the review might change when they're older, lol.

Wash with water good

First impression:📦 The resin comes well protected in a cardboard box and a plastic protective jacket inside. The bottle is dark plastic and as with all UV resins, is light proof and a tough bottle.👀 I am using this resin with an ANYCUBIC Photon Mono 4K printer. It pours well into the printer tray and I used the printer in the garage and left it to get on with its process overnight. I wore a respirator and mask and although the odour is not great, I minimised my exposure as much as possible. You need to make sure that you don’t get the resin on your skin and I was fastidious in that regard, and all the utensils got a good clean up afterwards and blast of UV.What I liked:✔️ The resin works well with the 4k Mono printer as you would expect and produces hard and durable models with fine detail.✔️ After and IPA wash I cured the prints with UV and the resin can be sanded easily, and support struts break away well with side cutters.✔️ I have had some of the prints both painted and in raw for a while now and the resin seems as firm as day one with no creep in the detail or structure of the larger pieces.✔️ Cleaning is never the best part of the printing process but the resin cleaned off the printer tray and build plate well. I filtered the excess back into the bottle and resealed it. I am going to try and light cure my IPA residue to clean this up further.Anything I didn’t like so much:❌ Nothing specific to this resin.Conclusion:✅ This resin gives great results and as someone relatively new to 3d printing I has happy to use the product recommended for the printer with my first forays. I would happily buy the resin again and perhaps try out some other colours as needed. I am just waiting for some cooler weather to keep on printing.Thanks for taking the time to read my review, I hope you found it helpful.

This colour seems to print better than the green which comes with the printer. Had the usual errors in the beginning so here are some tips:Use the Flint Reed method for zeroing the printer.Use thin support rafts near edge of an object. This makes life easier removing them. Thicker rafts are OK when not touching print object.Always shake the resin before pouring. Guessing I had a couple of failed prints for not doing this one.Large flat areas that are not actually on the print bed will suffer pooling and distortion. This can be avoided by printing object at an angle or by putting a lot of supports on the flat area so it doesn't sag and distort the print as much.The scraper that comes with the printer is very soft and will get damaged trying to get these items off the print bed. Using an extended raft that is very thin will offer better grip during printing but also offer a weak point where you can get the scraper without damaging it as much. I currently keep that scraper for cleaning the tank and a raft of green which was a piece derived from a failed print was also a perfect scraper for lifting parts off the print bed.Pricing is a bit steep for resin so I gave 4 stars instead of 5. Success rate using green was about 1 in 3 but with this black, I have had 5 out of 5 success so far today so really happy after having the printer now for only a weekSettings I used were:Layer thickness 0.050Normal Exposure 8Off Time 1Bottom Exposure Time 90Bottom layers 3Z Lift 6Z Lift Speed 3Z Retract Speed 3Anti Alias 1Not much change from standard. I could have increased anti alias but kept it at 1 as detail level is still excellent.Overall really happy with this colour. It isn't 100% opaque but objects come out looking really nice. I will certainly buy this one again although I will shop around for better prices. I got the printer direct from Anycube for way cheaper than Amazon and many other items have been price hiked up to 200% due to the lockdown.