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How does acetone "rejuvenate" PEI?
Rejuvenate is probably a bit of an exaggerated term. The number one adhesion suppressor is grease. The stuff that comes off of the fingers used to handle the sheet. Even if you are careful and only ...
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Aggressive resin solvent
Concentrated nitric acid will remove all organics, including your skin, wire insulation, etc. It will work on a glass plate, but the fumes would eventually damage the plastics on your printer unless ...
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Aggressive resin solvent
Wear Gloves.
Returning is impossible
Resin does not just harden, it polymerizes into shape from monomers in a chemical reaction. That means to break it down, you need to destroy the whole chemistry. ...
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Printing material for methanol tank
Most commercial blow-molded fuel tanks for model airplane fuel (methanol or ethanol, nitromethane or nitroethane, and some combination of castor, mineral, or synthetic lubricating oil) are made from ...
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Printing material for methanol tank
As a supplement to the answer (doesn't fit well in the comments). This site https://www.filamentive.com/chemical-resistance-of-3d-printing-filament/ lists PETG has have a very high restance to ...
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Material to use inside ultrasonic cleaner
The materials you list suggests you could also print PETG. PETG is probably you best option without having specialized options on your printer.
PLA is the easiest to use, but loses its shape at ...
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Material to use inside ultrasonic cleaner
ABS and PLA arn't very chemical resistant. PETG is better, but PET is probably your best option, however it is also a little harder to print in. PET also has a higher melting point than PLA, and ...
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Aggressive resin solvent
I would try hexane, and then Dichloromethane and if those did not work, I would heat up sodium hydroxide to about 70-90 °C. These would work better if you print in PLA resin, it's available from a few ...
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