Photocentric resin on Elegoo Mars (including flexible)
With that in mind I recently decided to try and use water washable resin with my Elegoo Mars, I was originally going to procure some Elegoo brand water washable resin, however it was sold out before I got my hands on some and I was told it would be over a month before a restock. After doing some additional research I discovered a company based in the UK called Photocentric. They produce a large range of UV resins that should be compatible with the Elegoo Mars, and they appear to be a more reliable source of water washable resin.
In their range of LCD UV resins they currently offer three types of resin, hard, firm and flexible. As I was needing some material to do some model printing for a client I opted for the hard resin, they currently offer all three resins in black only, but a white coloured resin is 'coming soon' according to their website. I also recieved a bottle of the flexible resin to test, as I have not seen many people printing flexibles on the Mars.
Using the published guidance on the 'Support' section of the Photocentric page I made a set of material profiles in ChiTuBox. Beginning with the 'hard' resin I printed one of the Town calibration artifacts from Ameralabs, this model turned out very well, with extremely good detail. The flexible resin showed good detail however missed off the detail on the very top of the thin tower.
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Front side of the Ameralabs test peice, hard on the left, flexible on the right. |
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Back side of the Ameralabs test peice, hard on the left, flexible on the right. |
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Side of the Ameralabs test peice, hard on the left, flexible on the right. |
In conclusion the Photocentric resins appear to work very well with the Mars, and they may be a more reliable source of water soluble resin than other Chinese based manufacturers. As well as being one of the few suppliers that offer a water washable flexible resin.
You can find the profile parameters on the 'Elegoo Mars Resin Settings' Google Sheet.
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