Hello Everybody and Welcome to another review. Today, we’ll be exploring some
upcoming alternative to cleaning your 3D resin Printing Dungeons and Dragons miniatures.
As many of you may know, there’s currently a limited amount of products on the market
for cleaning resin prints. As someone who develops and produces their own products,
this has been problematic, so I’d thought I’d share what I discovered in my testing. To begin,
let me make it clear that no company has paid me to review their products,
and that all the products that you see in this video were purchased by me for this purpose.
There’s a fairly large list of products which I’ve tested,
however I will be showing you the ones which were spanned the largest range of products
and if some of them didn’t work at all they were not included but mentioned latter. For
these tests I will be using a slightly less toxic resin which is advertised as being safe,
however I still recommend taking the normal precautions when handling this material.
Let’s also establish some basic testing guidelines for the products which were
used. First and foremost, I didn’t use any heat while testing the products. This is important
since heat can often change the properties and in certain cases begin releasing fumes. Also,
other than water in most cases, no other products were mixed together. Other than
agitating the product within the confines of a jar, no mechanical scrubbing was used.
Wherever possible, items which weren’t toxic, corrosive or flammable were tested,
however for certain products this couldn’t be avoided. If obvious signs of melting were
noticed a more diluted version was also tested, however if the results weren’t processing these
were deemed as failures and in certain cases weren’t included in the final notes.
To start things off, I printed a series of test calibration models,
mainly the AmeraLabs Calibration Test as well as Twisted Rook. And the products
that were tested were quite varied indeed. I tested Alcohol Free Mouth Wash, oil soap,
Odderless solvent, Mr Clean M.Net, Backing Soda, Vinegar, Simple Green,
but the most interesting results came from a select few products.
Isopropyl Alcohol is our control sample from which we’ll be comparing all the results to.
Isopropyl Alcohol has many benefits, included its readability if used currently. Although it
removes the resin, if it’s allowed to sit the resin will separate from the Alcohol,
allowing you to poor it into another container. Doings this greatly increases its longevity.
Simple Green is an all-purpose cleaner which boasts being a non-toxic biodegradable
alternative. This product is similar to a liquid soap in certain aspects.
According to the instructions it’s intended to be diluted with a 1 to
1 ratio for heavy-duty applications and this is how it will be tested.
Vim was tested at full strength as well as it’s diluted counterparts
and as you will see the results were very similar.
Natural Safe Strip is an interior paint and varnish remover which is labelled as natural,
ready to use and non-corrosive. In the instructions it mentions not to dilute
with water, therefore two tests were completed with this product. The first test was a 50%
mix of the remover with 50% water, while the second test was in its purest state.
CLR is a multipurpose cleaner which is known for cleaning calcium, lime,
rust and boasts that it doesn’t damage the septic pipes. This product also comes with
its fair share of warnings, which include specifics about its hazardous nature when
mixed with other chemicals. This mainly means that this could potentially react
with anything other than water, and is something to keep in mind when testing.
Murphy Oil is a wood cleaner, which is an oil soap that’s commonly found
in most local cleaning supplies stores. Most of the products used to make this
cleaner are biodegradable and are fairly safe when used as directed.
Terpenoid Natural is somewhat similar to isopropyl alcohol in that it doesn’t mix with the original
resin and can be poured out once settled. It is however more of an oil soap cleaner, so testing
it for residues will be a very important step. This product is also claiming to be non-toxic and
doesn’t have corrosive properties, which makes it more interesting as a possible alternative.
Mr Clean M. Net is a concentrated product which is normally diluted prior to being used. This
product is normally recommending to be left on the surface for approximately 10 minutes
prior to wiping and cleaning the surface and therefore 2 tests will be performed. The first
test will be in it’s diluted state, while the second will be the full concentration.
Goof Off Pro Strength Remover is a cleaner which is well known for removing glue, tar,
dried paint and adhesives. This cleaner requires a well ventilated area since it has strong odours
and comes with both a poisonous and flammable warning on its label. This is a cleaner which
when used normally doesn’t tend to leave any residue since it evaporates quickly.
The following products produced such terrible results that there weren’t
included in the final video. These products include water, vinegar, Alcohol Free Mouth,
backing soda, degreaser, generic orderless solvent and lighter fluid. During testing,
certain cleaners such as Yellow Magic Cleaner 7, Isopropyl Alcohol, acetone,
denatured alcohol or methylated spirits weren’t tested because of local shortages.
It is important to note that these products have yet to be tested for paintable or casting
after treatment, and those will be a separate upcoming coming videos. If you're interested in
those results, please keep an eye out for those in the future. So what were the final results?
Isopropyl Alcohol did very well cleaning the final prints without leaving any
unwanted residues and finished with an expected 10 out of 10 result.
Simple Green wasn’t very effective in it’s cleaning properties,
leaving a substantial amount of residue on the finished print.
It was for this reason that it scored a simple 2 out of 10 in its results.
Vim scored very similar to the Simple Green, with the same amount of residue left on the
surface. As a result, it got the same score, with 2 out of 10 being its final mark.
Natures Safe strip scored extremely well in its final marks with a result of 10 out of 10.
This product left very little residue if used with a 1:1 ratio when mixed with water. When
used at 100% concentration, the results were actually poorer than when diluted,
and may be because of the difficulty in being able to apply this product along its surface.
CLR didn’t fare so well, with a score of only 2/10
because of the amount of residue left on the surface of the print.
Murefy oil hand the worst results, scoring 1/10 with it’s wet and sticky residue.
Terpenoid Natures had decent results with a small amount of residue along
the surface and ranked a 7.5 out of 10 in its final score. This product
is probably best suited for applications where a second cleaning cycle is present
or where the item can remain submerged in water after the initial cleaning cycle.
Mr.Clean didn’t do well in its performance tests, ranking only a 2 out of 10 in its
final score. Furthermore, I can confirm from personal experience that residue will react
with certain silicons in a such a way as to prevent these from fully curing.
Goof off did very well in its testing applications and was comparable to
isopropyl alcohol. This product didn’t leave any residue and was
quick in it’s cleaning application, even if the smell was quite strong.
So as you can see in the following chart, there are a couple of options which may work depending
on the availability of supplies in your local area. Seeing as there’s been a significant
supply chain disruption, some of these may work as a suitable alternative for the time being.
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