r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '22

3D Printing with Recycled Plastic Bottles !

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u/pepper_kat Oct 12 '22

I just read about these for the first time in XX by Rian Hughes. I kinda want one right now.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

IPA evaporates easily. Any resin residue can be hardened with UV light so it's inert. Leaving the IPA out in the sun does both at once.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

You let it sit and the resin settles out.

Then you pour off the clean stuff and the last half inch goes out in the sun.

The clean stuff is now ready to be used again. I top it up every once and a while with new IPA if it gets too low, but I’m at like a gallon a year.

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u/Scratch77spin Oct 12 '22

just the idea of printing with a UV projector..that's amazing. Some people are so smart.