LODESIGN 3D Printer Resin Standard Photopolymer 405nm UV-Curing Resin - Low Odor, Low Shrinkage, High Precision for LCD 3D Printers (1KG, Green) - Ideal for Miniatures, Jewelry & Detailed Model Printing

I love to buy and try a cheap new resin. This resin started out looking like a pretty decent resin.It is very thing and flows like water, the thinnest I've used so far. I printed some chunky, thicker parts (nothing thinner than 2.5 mm) and I though it did great on those parts.It cleans easy and the oder isn't very strong; a little, but not strong.Then I printed something that was thin (a little over 1 mm). It started out looking good. On day 1 after print it still looked good. By day 3, the thin print was warped more than any other resin I've ever seen. A flat piece curled up more than a Pringle.If you print miniatures that have swords or something, your swords will curl up more than you ever thought possible!One interesting property of this resin is that is is solid black on thicker parts, but on thin parts, it is translucent. It doesn't get opaque until around 1 mm or so. Unfortunately, all those translucent thin parts are just going to curl horribly and be unusable.You also can't uncurl a curled part. It will snap just like any regular resin.So I have a cheap, decent resin for printing chunky parts.This appeared to be a new company and I decided to give it a shot based on its one review. I had some very high-quality detailed prints with this resin. The resin is quite a bit darker than I had been using but worked well with my original settings. However, there were too many issues to give 5 stars. Right off, the first major problem was that the bottle wasn't full and was missing about a quarter of its contents. Second, despite their claims of minimal shrinkage, my prints had significant shrinkage compared to the resin I was using. Lastly, because of the previous two issues, this resin does not last as long as it should. A bottle of my other resin produced one huge (solid) mini and over a dozen standard-sized minis. This resin was only enough to print one huge mini (hollowed) and four standard minis. The detail is great though. If you can handle the shrinkage and being shorted, there is a definite trade off of quality vs quantity. For this fact, I would buy again if I were to recieve a full bottle.This Resin is so dang cheap it's really a good brand to prototype with that's it.Having used 10-15 brands of resin, this is so far the worst one. No where is the listing does it say translucent, yet it is. The exposure settings printed on the bottle do not work for either printer we have. It's watery. The part come out fragile. Thin parts deform. It doesn't stick to the bed well. Save you money and buy a real resin.While not a substitute for some of the other resins that have been around, this is a good economical resin for bulk prints. I did find it offered more shrinkage than I was used to, so unfortunately multipiece prints that needed precise fitting weren't usable.Resin is at a great price point but you do pay with inconsistent prints. Took a couple tries to get the resin to print semi consistently have to crank up the exposure. Has a more milky color than actual white. The resin does settle in that what seems to be the white ink/tint settles in the bottle and vat over time making it critical to ensure a light mix prior to print to ensure consistent finish. I don’t think I would buy again although it might be good for someone that has the patience to setup and wants to find budget resin.I tried both the white and grey versions of this resin. Both printed similar. I started with the white and stayed with long exposures to make sure it would print correctly, but with the grey, I tried to experiment a bit more, and this gave me more printing issues. All test prints were with my 2k Halet One.The first thing I noticed about this resin is that it is VERY thin - so thin, the first time I poured it into my vat, I thought something was wrong, and poured it back into the bottle to shake for another minute. Second time it came out the same - it pours like white water, or maybe milk.Second thing I noticed, it needs LONG exposure times. Using the Cones of Calibration, I quickly maxed out my exposure at 10 seconds, and the last "Pass" cone never did print correctly. From there, I moved on to the AmeriLabs Town test print. Overall, it looked good, but the thin rods (on the right foreground in my pic) were a bit gloppy, and the fifth row Very fine) didn't print at all. Moving on to non-calabration prints, I found an Eiffel Tower model on the Creality Cloud and printed that. Using long exposures, it printed great, lots of detail and small gaps in this model that the thin resin should do good with, and it did. From there, I moved to a few other models, and most all of them printed well. There was one model which I was a bit aggressive removing the supports, and broke the bottom out of a dice tray. This I feel was a combo of too many supports in those areas, too much force removing them, and the resin seems somewhat brittle. The group picture of the white models was everything I was able to print with this 500ml bottle, there is only enough left for about 2mm depth in the resin vat.Moving on to the grey, Again, the Cones of Calabration and the Amerilab town came out the same. With the non-calibration models, I tried to lower the print exposure, and once I got around 6 seconds, things started to go wrong. Eiffel Tower at 6 seconds had a small failure in the lower arch, but the print recovered. The Bandits, I also printed at 6 seconds, and there is no failures in the model, but there is an odd white layer, not sure what happened there. The first Ghoul I tried at 4 seconds, and while it started good, you can see the lower half of the body and the base have failed. After cleaning the printer, I ran the ghoul again at 6 seconds, and got a good print.Hollow prints - for the one print I hollowed, the Bluette (monster) I printed with a 1.5mm shell and a few 1.5mm holes, 10% fill. Cleaning out inside of the print was a lot easier than with my other, thicker resins, I am sure due to the thinness of this resin.Final thoughts - I was able to get good prints with this resin, but I did have to slow down my printing, but if you get impatient, and want quick prints, this resin will not be for you. If you have a need for a very thin resin, or hollow prints, this could be a good option.