Best resin type

[biggsgolf]

For you guys that resin print rudders, dive planes, mechanical parts etc., what type resins do you like to use?

[CC Clarke]

Phrozen ABS-like. Very tough but with slight flexibility, low odor when printing, minimal-shrinkage, (press-fit parts) and I sun-cure in the Arizona summers with no deformation for a minimum eight hours. (Surface temps are around 140 degrees.) Cleans well with 91% IPA sprayed on and rinsed off with water. (This saves a small fortune in IPA costs over submerging in a wash station, over contaminating quarts/gallons during a short period of time.)

[biggsgolf]

Phrozen ABS-like. Very tough but with slight flexibility, low odor when printing, minimal-shrinkage, (press-fit parts) and I sun-cure in the Arizona summers with no deformation for a minimum eight hours. (Surface temps are around 140 degrees.) Cleans well with 91% IPA sprayed on and rinsed off with water. (This saves a small fortune in IPA costs over submerging in a wash station, over contaminating quarts/gallons during a short period of time.)

thanks for your response!

[type7]

I use Siraya tech Tough grey which is an ABS like resin. I get it from Amazon.

[RCENGR]

I use a mix of 2 parts ELEGOO ABS-Like resin to 1 part Siraya Tech Blu. The ABS-like is strong with good definition but slightly brittle. On it's own it will crack when used for things like gears and sprockets. The Blu is much tougher, but doesn't bridge as well and is very viscous.

Because the Blu is thick, and my shop is about 65 degrees, I heat the resin printer enclosure to about 30 degrees C. I've found that my print failures go way down with the heater.