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== Safety ==
follow the safety guidelines on the form website https://support.formlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000008264-Safety
Always keep in mind that you need to avoid skin contact with the resin. Wear gloves whenever handling resin. If your skin comes in contact with resin wash thoroughly with soap and water immediately, make sure the resin does not cure on your skin.





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Safety

follow the safety guidelines on the form website https://support.formlabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000008264-Safety

Always keep in mind that you need to avoid skin contact with the resin. Wear gloves whenever handling resin. If your skin comes in contact with resin wash thoroughly with soap and water immediately, make sure the resin does not cure on your skin.


Consolidated procedure for operating the form 1+ printer

Follow this procedure for any print on this printer

1. Ready your design files in pre-form

2. Put on nitrile gloves

3. Check the resin tank for debris or damage following the instructions on the form website

4. Start your print in pre-from

5. When the print is completed, and the print bed is sitting at the top of the printer, remove the print bed and place it face up in the tray

6. Carefully remove the print with a scraper

7. Place the print in a red solo cup filled with isopropyl alcohol. Agitate the print for 5 minutes then let is sit for 20 minutes

8. Repeat step 3 to check the resin tank for damage after the print

9. Repeat step 7 with new alcohol

10. Remove the print from the alcohol and place it in the UV sterilizer for 2+ hours to harden the resin