Before pouring any Figure 4 print material in the resin tray, you must mix the material bottle according to the chart below. Before printing again with a material in the resin tray, you must stir the material in the tray using the Resin Mixer. Stirring the material in the resin tray serves two purposes: 1. Ensuring a good material mixture; and, 2. Ensuring there is no debris in the resin tray, such as partially cured particulates.
Material Stirring and Curing Chart
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CAUTION: Failure to sufficiently mix print materials according to this chart may result in color deviation and/or print failure. |
The chart below serves as a quick reference for material-bottle mixing time on the NextDent LC-3DMixer, material stirring time when material is in the resin tray, and part-curing time in the LC-3DPrint Box.
For part-washing times, please see the section Cleaning Chart.
For part-drying times, please see the section Dry the Build Parts.
Name | Bottle Mixing Time Required (LC-3DMixer) | Stirring Time Required (in resin tray) | Curing Time in LC-3DPrint Box | ||
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Brand new bottle | After first use (1, see note below) | In tray less than 3 hrs | In tray more than 3 hrs | ||
Figure 4 JCAST-GRN 10 (2, see note below) |
1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 30 min. |
Figure 4 JEWEL MASTER GRY (2, see note below) |
1 hr. | 10 min. | 30 secs. | 30 secs. | 60 min. |
NOTE: Ensure that you place the build in your UV curing oven in the same orientation it was printed in, as if the bottom of the oven is the print platform. |
1. Considerations for material that has been sitting, unused, for over 1 month
If you have a material bottle like this, simply treat it like a new bottle and mix it for the time specified in the "Brand-new bottle" column in the above chart.
2. For these materials only, instead of using the bottle mixer:
You may opt to mix the material bottle exclusively by hand, shaking it vigorously in an up-and-down motion. Shake it for five minutes for a new material or for one you are treating as new (see above note). Shake the bottle for two minutes for a recently used bottle.