<p>Formlabs sells a completely clear resin that they've even made simple lenses from, but it's about $150 for a liter. I have no idea how well it would work with your DLP setup. Looks amazing in the pictures though. </p>

<p>MatterHackers sells PhotoCentric UV Firm Clear for $90 for a liter as well. It's not quite as easy finding pictures of this stuff, but from what it looks like, it's still pretty decent. Assuming you've got a UV DLP </p>

<p>Disclaimer, the PhotoCentric stuff says it's a UV resin (10nm to 400nm IIRC) and I have not the slightest clue what Formlabs designs their resin for, so YMMV.</p>

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<p>I'm searching for a truly clear DLP resin which can polymerize between 400nm and 405nm.</p>

<p>I found the unpigmented from FunToDo, but it seems to be yellow-clear:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/scoS7.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/scoS7.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>I'm trying to achieve something similar to this:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/fiC6s.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fiC6s.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Is there any resin out there which costs likely the same (about 50€/liter) which will give results like this?</p>

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What choices do we have on Clear resins for DLP?
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# What choices do we have on Clear resins for DLP?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-09)

I'm searching for a truly clear DLP resin which can polymerize between 400nm and 405nm.

I found the unpigmented from FunToDo, but it seems to be yellow-clear:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/scoS7.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/scoS7.jpg)

I'm trying to achieve something similar to this:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/fiC6s.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/fiC6s.jpg)

Is there any resin out there which costs likely the same (about 50€/liter) which will give results like this?

**Tags:** dlp

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-13. Score: 2

Formlabs sells a completely clear resin that they've even made simple lenses from, but it's about $150 for a liter. I have no idea how well it would work with your DLP setup. Looks amazing in the pictures though.

MatterHackers sells PhotoCentric UV Firm Clear for $90 for a liter as well. It's not quite as easy finding pictures of this stuff, but from what it looks like, it's still pretty decent. Assuming you've got a UV DLP

Disclaimer, the PhotoCentric stuff says it's a UV resin (10nm to 400nm IIRC) and I have not the slightest clue what Formlabs designs their resin for, so YMMV.


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