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[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get the water based stuff and then just put the residues outside in the sun. Also take your parts and finish the curing after washing them. You can use regular hand washing soap to wash the parts. Also before touching the part add soap to your gloves.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Water-based resin isn't any less toxic or safer to dispose of, it's just more soluble. You can't put water that's washed uncured resin down the sink until you've exposed it to UV for long enough for the resin to cure and precipitate out, and you still need to ventilate the fumes.

[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Thats the "put the residues outside in the sun". The part that helps a lot is the part where you don't need alcohol to wash your parts. Simply neutralize and toss the support out in the regular trash. The neutralized waster is pretty simple, just leave it out in the sun and wait for the water to evaporate and the acrylate to cure.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's not unique to water-based resin, though. You can leave the dirty alcohol out in the sun, and if you're waiting for it to evaporate, that takes less time with alcohol than with water.

[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Alcohol costs money and the vapors are toxic. You can get cirrhosis from inhaling that.