Printing with translucent resin - tips ?
So I tried printing some transparent parts for a figure for the first time, and the result is honestly hilarious ( I'm find with roasting in the comments at this point ):
I used ELEGOO Standard Photopolymer Resin — Translucent on an ELEGOO Saturn 4 Ultra 16K.
I wanted to ask the gurus here for some advice. When I removed the build plate from the printer, the parts were already yellow. After washing and curing them, they became even more yellow/cloudy, like they are now.
I did some research and found mixed information, which honestly confused me even more. Some people say you’re not supposed to cure transparent resin too much, while others mention putting the parts in an oven at around 60°C for a few hours to reduce yellowing.
These are the print settings I used. They are just the standard CHITUBOX settings I normally use for regular resin:
What am I doing wrong?
Did I choose the wrong resin? Looking at it now, the resin itself does seem slightly yellowish, but the printed parts came out much more yellow than expected.
Could this also be caused by the print settings?
Is there any way to de-yellow these parts, or is it too late once they come out like this?
Most importantly, how can I avoid yellowing in both the short term and long term when printing transparent parts?
Any tips would be really appreciated <3