Review on Revolutionize Jewelry Design with NOVA3D Printer's Advanced UV Curing Technology by Mike Bogan

LATEST UPDATE: Here is my latest process for getting the best results when using this resin with platinum cast materials. Hope that helps! 1. Wash, wash, wash your model to remove all traces of uncured resin. This resin only worked well for me with a platinum silicone molding compound after rinsing it as follows: * Rinse in a 70% IPA bath for 30 seconds. Take out of the bath. *Put it in an ultrasonic cleaner with a fresh batch of new, unused 99% IPA (ethanol or a lower concentration would probably work too, but I haven't tested it) and let it run for 20 minutes without heating. (NOTE: If you don't know what to do with an ultrasonic cleaner and use a flammable liquid, you can - no, eventually - set your house on fire. TO USE ULTRASONIC CLEANING WITH FLAMMABLE SOLVENTS!) 2. After proper washing , FULLY heal, and then a little. I cured my 20 minutes each side underwater with a high intensity UV light. (NOTE: The longer you cure the resin, the more brittle it will become. Plan for this.) 3. After the model is in the silicone mass, allow it to cure for at least 8 hours. Then place in the oven and bake at 150F or 66C for at least 2 hours. For extra fine detail, be careful when removing the mold. Some of the silicone compound in the shallow indentations may still be soft. For small pieces, after removing from the mold, bake in the oven at the same temperature for another hour. All of this may seem complicated, but it's better than waiting 7-10 days to extract it from the form, like in my second update below. Best wishes for your successful projects! SECOND UPDATE: Well I got this stuff to work with a platinum silicon molding compound. BUT, depending on the level of detail on your model, I had to let it dry anywhere from a week to 10 days (instead of the usual 8 hours). I don't know if an additional cure time works for all platinum and silicon compounds, but after a week to ten days it worked with this material: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XBRGGZ3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title ?ie= UTF8&psc=1 Please use another connection and YMMV. I upgraded this from 2 stars to 4 for making sure it works as intended. One star for not explaining the problems with platinum-silicon compounds and too long curing times. However, the parts received are the best of any resin I've tried and I'm willing to wait a week (and disregard the sloppiness of the manufacturer in failing to test this product with a cast product for which the most will buy this resin) . If a week (or more) cure time is a critical factor for you, then don't use this material. UPDATE: THIS RESIN WILL NOT WORK WITH PLATINUM SILICONE MOLDING MATERIALS! These compounds do not harden when in contact with models made from this resin. This is a serious flaw in the design of the resin intended for mold making. For this reason I have changed my rating from 5 to 2 stars. ATTENTION PLEASE! ORIGINAL REVIEW I'm new to resin casting, this is my first attempt and I haven't cast these parts before. Please note this. However, I have had excellent experiences with this casting resin. The detailing is excellent and the supports detach easily. The first image is a set of crucifixes and rosary centers that I designed as they came out of my printer (after removing the uncured resin). The second photo (sorry for the poor focus) shows the detail of the interior after the supports have been removed from the front of the center of the rosary. Notice that the rest of the center support has been removed but remains attached to the sprues. This way you can see how the supports come loose and how they come clean. The third image shows the reverse of the center of the rosary and the Latin inscription Ave Maria. The letters in the prayer text are about 0.75mm high and about 0.1-0.2mm wide. Not bad! A note about suggested printer settings. I entered 0.035. The manufacturer suggested a shutter speed of 6.5 seconds per shift for my Elegoo Mars. This installation caused some failures at the thinnest points in the center of the rose garden and at some crucifix supports. This was easily fixed by increasing the layer setting to 8s exposure. Also note that the supports are much easier to carefully remove before curing the parts after they come out of the printer. Here are the printer settings I used with Elegoo Mars: Layer Height - 0.035 Number of Bottom Layers - 8 Exposure Time - 8 seconds Bottom Exposure Time - 80 sec No power off delays. Lower stroke distance - 5 mm. Lifting speed down - 65 mm/min. Lifting speed - 65 mm/min. Retraction Speed - 150mm/min. Hope this will be helpful. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions if you have any. Overall I am very happy with this purchase! PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT casting resin. This is the resin used to make silicone or rubber molds into which you inject melted wax to create your models. Then you cast the wax models in metal. If you don't read the description carefully, you might make the same mistake as I did and think it's cast resin. However, this is not so bad. No casting resin can be compared to wax. I'm actually glad I made that mistake because I was forced to create a wax mold from these models, which resulted in better casts than I could get in any cast resin.