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Resin Prints Inhibit Curing of Platinum Cure Silicones (for mold making)Quick note about this problem, was trying to make a silicone mold with Smooth On Mold Star and saw part of the mold didn't cure around the print. Turns out there's an curing inhibitor that needs to be coated and/or washed off. Found this good article: Preventing Platinum-cure Silicone Cure Inhibition in Resin-printed Molds Here are the key points copied from the article:
The underwater curing is very interesting. I've been using the same "Simple Green" bath since I first got my printer, I'm not sure what to do with it or if it needs replacing, seems to clean prints off okay still. I should get a good amount of IPA and try that out, see if it works better. I also found that the parts of the resin print master that I sanded did not inhibit curing, so it's something on the surface of the print. This reddit thread has a lot of comments (where I found the article), along with someone suggesting Flame Treating plastics and was successful with that |
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