Reddit reviews Sistema KLIP IT Utility Collection Round Food Storage Container with Strainer, 23.0 oz./0.7 L, Clear/Blue

If you want to be on the save side you need the following (besides resin):

• Isopropanol (99%)
  
• Some kind of plastic jar, where you can fill Isopropanol inside to clean the print (like this one: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002KKCLI2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 )
  
• Disposable Gloves
  
• Safety Goggles
  
• Either a well ventilated Working area or a respirator mask
  
• A spatula since the one that comes with the printer is not very good.
  
• A ton of paper towels
  
• Microfiber towels, a few. Best would be two different colors. One to clean the inside of the resin vet and one for the outside/the display with a few drops of Isopropanol.
  
• A few replacement FEP sheets for the vet, since that is one thing you have to replace after a while.
  
• Some kind of metal/plastic tray. I put that on the table and the paper towels inside for when I remove the print, since I tend to remove support structures before curing the print.
  
• Some UV Light to cure the print, but the sun does work as well.
  
  There are a few good tutorials how to handle a resin printer on youtube, I'd watch these to prepare as well.

1. Nitrile Gloves
   
2. Two sealable plastic containers for Isopropyl Alcohol. Pickle container with strainer
   
3. 90% Isopropyl Alcohol
   
4. Some type of 405nm UV light - I use UV strip lights
   
   
5. Little Squeegee wiper things to clean resin off the FEP without damaging it.
   
   
   
6. Optional but highly recommended: Organic vapor Respirator

First up, I recommend dropping the IPA. It's actually MORE toxic than most any resins ( such as the Elegoo you got. ) Just get some Simple Green. It's actually slightly better at cleaning, for less money, and far safer. Only downside I have noticed really is when shaking it obviously foams up.

For curing chamber, I honestly just use 2 cardboard boxes. 1 small 1 to place prints on, 1 as the outer box with a hole on top where I place a blacklight lamp. ( I got: this one which works great: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K788YLM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) I haven't yet bothered with aluminum foil inside, I just turn the parts a few times.

There will be a lot of variables in curing time, so you just kind of have to figure it out, but it's also not a delicate thing. The main "issue" from over curing is some colors ( especially white ) will change color a bit. ( In the case of white, it will get the classic sun damaged plastic yellow/brown depending on how long it's cured for. ) It won't really hurt the part unless you WAY overcook it. With my 30w lamp a few inches from the parts, I usually do around 5 mins per side.

For cleaner, you can add me to the long list of pickle jar users: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KKCLI2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's perfect for the situation, though that one is a hair small for max sized stuff. This way you can give it a good shaking, stirring, spinning, sifting, the works. The strainer makes it perfect for getting smaller parts back out. It's basically the ideal object, at least for manual cleaning. Hit the cleaner with your UV lamp for a couple minutes every now and then to pull most of the resin out. ( This also works for cleaning up any resin mess you do manage to get around. Table, sink, sides of the printer, etc. )

I then just use my sink to rinse off after the cleaner bath.

I do recommend leveling every time you remove the build platform. It's easy, and can make a difference.

If you got the new little plastic piece with your printer that your plate can attach on to, this is to let your part and build platform drip back into the vat. You take your platform off, slide the plastic part on in its place, then the platform onto the part.

A note about the fumes: With the Elegoo resin, they are pretty minimal while printing. It's during curing that they can really get going, so keep that in mind to minimize exposure. Personally I use a large bathroom/walk-in closet, with the door closed and vent fan running all the time and this pretty much removes all of the fumes.

Contrary to popular belief the orange cover is not to protect your eyes. The resin absorbs the UV to start with, as that's literally its job. More importantly with the Elegoo Mars is that it uses 405nm which is really visible light ( aka blacklight ), and is extremely safe to start with. Rather, this cover is there to protect the resin sitting in the vat from any stray UV. So, you can leave the cover off for a bit to check on the part at the start, just remember to leave it covered for the bulk of the time, and try to keep any UV light far away.

Oh, a small thing I've been seeing so far with some testing: If you want tiny holes, square seems to work better than circular. ( Triangle/prism is pretty bad. ) I'm currently running some more specific tests on this though to figure out more details. It's just my early testing that showed square being more reliable, so keep that in mind.