I started resin printing and I am wondering if you guys use a full on resperator (if so is their a specific classification you’d recommend?) Or do you just use a cloth / surgical mask?
So far I have been using the mask that came with my printer (Elegoo mars 3 pro) but and not sure if that is sufficient.
I don’t use a respirator at all, but I also don’t hang out in that room while it’s printing, and I have a small air purifier that runs in there full time.
A additional concern with resin printers is VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds, which air purifiers don’t really filter out since they’re focused on particulate cleaning. Sadly there is no solution like dilution, or in this case ventilation
Same here. As long as there is decent ventilation in the room you’re printing in and you don’t hang out excessively in the room while printing you should be totally fine. Eye protection and gloves are far more important imo
I wouldn’t be in the room where the resin printer is printing, if you have to they make small carbon filter devices that sit inside the printer that help a lot. I would then also get a cheap room fair purifier and sit next to it as well.
Resin is a pain because it can be pretty toxic all around
Edit: I meant to reply to the OP with this, but I’m too lazy to move it ;)
I do have eye protection and gloves… I probably should be using those more than I do. So far mask has been the one I use most frequently.
You should be using gloves anytime you are working with liquid resin. Skin contact with resin can cause/worsen a resin allergy over time. I’ve read accounts of people unable to be in the same room as an open bottle of resin because their allergy got so bad. Uncured resin is highly highly toxic
I also don’t hang out there while it’s printing in my garage. Generally I spend less than 20ish minutes while I clean one print and get another one going.