Reply To: Resin printing safety

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There is a safety concern with how you handle resins but you can mitigate that with care and knowledge. You don’t want it on your skin as it can cause a chemical burn and develop an alergy. But you aren’t supposed to touch it without gloves. You also need to set up a good workflow of how you handle uncured resin with clean up. Vapors should be mitigated with ventilation and ideally a respirator mask. I mean a table saw or a laser cutter are also dangerous if used improperly. So I wouldn’t rule out one or the other just on that but it is good to know what you are signing up for when getting into either method.

Is it for everybody? Hell no. And that is totally fine. I’ve been printing now for about two months for my project and have been having a lot of fun but I see it additive to my hobby rather than replacing metal or plastic kits. All materials are fun in their own ways to use. I don’t see a point to print out WW2 minis when there are already good and affordable kits out there, unless I find a sculpt I’d like to use.