<h1>NOPE</h1>
<p>UV-cured Resins are Duroplastics. Most of them are chemically inert to anything short of concentrated strong acids does nothing to them. Even strong acids such as sulphuric acid (battery acid) will take quite some time to work on it - if it works at all.</p>
<p>If you have access to metal or glass etching equipment, those acids might have a chance, though that is not exactly <em>household</em> equipment. My best bets would be concentrated phosphoric, sulphuric, nitrous, and of course hydroflouric acid. But you don't want to work with concentrated hydrofluoric acid if you can avoid it.</p>

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Acids used to create a patina on home made jewellery, check.
Aaargh Zombies
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Trish
<p>Are there any common chemicals that will damage, degrade or erode (Causing pitting, for example) the most common types of resin used in an SLA printer once it has been cured?</p>
<p>For example, chemicals found in household cleaning products, paints, or motor vehicle maintenance, or hobby\crafts?</p>

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What do you count as common? Hydroflouric Acid is a commonly used chemical in the industry, but you will have your problems getting your hand on it - besides that it would eat your build surface.
Trish
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I've amended the subject line to include the word "household", but I would think that the average reader would be able to determine the context from the examples given, which include household cleaning products and hobby\craft supplies. Though you might not realize it, hydroflouric acid is actually a common ingredient in cleaning products. It's used in pool cleaner and products for cleaning fragile ceramics.
Aaargh Zombies
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HF in the needed concentration to dissolve resin is what is used to *etch glass*. As in **concentrated** HF. Only very diluted acid is used in metal cleaners, in concentrations that are *far* from what is used in the industry, and even that is a dangerous chemical.
Trish
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This is getting a little off topic. I'm only really interested in whether there are common chemicals that might degrade cured resin. For example, whether the spray that you use to polish a display cabinet might damage prints in it, or if other hobby supplies might do something similar.
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Are there any common household chemicals that will degrade or erode the most common types of resin from an SLA printer once cured?
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# Are there any common household chemicals that will degrade or erode the most common types of resin from an SLA printer once cured?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-25)

Are there any common chemicals that will damage, degrade or erode (Causing pitting, for example) the most common types of resin used in an SLA printer once it has been cured?

For example, chemicals found in household cleaning products, paints, or motor vehicle maintenance, or hobby\crafts?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What do you count as common? Hydroflouric Acid is a commonly used chemical in the industry, but you will have your problems getting your hand on it - besides that it would eat your build surface.  
> **username_0**: I've amended the subject line to include the word "household", but I would think that the average reader would be able to determine the context from the examples given, which include household cleaning products and hobby\craft supplies. Though you might not realize it, hydroflouric acid is actually a common ingredient in cleaning products. It's used in pool cleaner and products for cleaning fragile ceramics.  
> **username_1**: HF in the needed concentration to dissolve resin is what is used to *etch glass*. As in **concentrated** HF. Only very diluted acid is used in metal cleaners, in concentrations that are *far* from what is used in the industry, and even that is a dangerous chemical.  
> **username_0**: This is getting a little off topic. I'm only really interested in whether there are common chemicals that might degrade cured resin. For example, whether the spray that you use to polish a display cabinet might damage prints in it, or if other hobby supplies might do something similar.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-25. Score: 1

# NOPE

UV-cured Resins are Duroplastics. Most of them are chemically inert to anything short of concentrated strong acids does nothing to them. Even strong acids such as sulphuric acid (battery acid) will take quite some time to work on it - if it works at all.

If you have access to metal or glass etching equipment, those acids might have a chance, though that is not exactly *household* equipment. My best bets would be concentrated phosphoric, sulphuric, nitrous, and of course hydroflouric acid. But you don't want to work with concentrated hydrofluoric acid if you can avoid it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Acids used to create a patina on home made jewellery, check.  

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