# Acrylic cleaner alternative

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812>\
**Category:** Support & Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 2, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812 "2014-12-02T11:42:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![olivier\_Blanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@olivier\_Blanc](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/olivier_Blanc)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/1 "2014-12-02T11:42:21Z")

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Hi, we recently acquire the form 1+ in the lab and because of our excitment to finaly get a 3D printer, we did not pay attention to the cleaning procedure. and while IPA is relatively easy to come by (especally in a lab) , the novus acrylic cleaner is much more challenging. After relatively quick web search, it appears that it’s not available in france, even more, it seems to impossible to have it shipped from else where, don’t ask me why. So would you know an alternative to novus. or could you tell us what a cleaner must not contain since we did found some acrylic cleaner here but we don"t want to risk our brand new printer.  
Thanks in advance

Olivier

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**Author:** ![Gillesalexandre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Gillesalexandre](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Gillesalexandre)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/2 "2014-12-02T15:15:08Z")

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Why don’t you try with ebay ? like this link :

[http://www.ebay.fr/itm/PRODUIT-DENTRETIEN-POUR-FLIPPER-NOVUS-1-8-OZ-/220673997710?pt=FR\_YO\_Jeux\_Jeux\_JeuxCafes&hash=item336131fb8e](http://www.ebay.fr/itm/PRODUIT-DENTRETIEN-POUR-FLIPPER-NOVUS-1-8-OZ-/220673997710?pt=FR_YO_Jeux_Jeux_JeuxCafes&hash=item336131fb8e)

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**Author:** ![olivier\_Blanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@olivier\_Blanc](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/olivier_Blanc)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/3 "2014-12-03T10:11:38Z")

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Thanks for the answer.  
We’ll try, but as a govertemental laboratory, ordering on ebay can be hard to justify… It’s one of the main reason for me to look for an alternative.

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Alberti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/thomas_alberti/32/1191_2.png) [@Thomas\_Alberti](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Thomas_Alberti)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/4 "2014-12-03T21:16:22Z")

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[Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) also has the Novus polish.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Cairns](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/gary_cairns/32/5023_2.png) [@Gary\_Cairns](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Gary_Cairns)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/5 "2014-12-04T23:00:06Z")

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[https://www.novuspolish.com/international\_distributors.html](https://www.novuspolish.com/international_distributors.html)

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**Author:** ![olivier\_Blanc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@olivier\_Blanc](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/olivier_Blanc)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/6 "2014-12-05T14:28:17Z")

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Thanks a lot for your answers, I found it thanks again

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**Author:** ![ThomasRoussel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/thomasroussel/32/1480_2.png) [@ThomasRoussel](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ThomasRoussel)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/7 "2014-12-06T18:12:22Z")

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Olivier: would you mind sharing where you found it in France?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![cyprienD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/cypriend/32/1002_2.png) [@cyprienD](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/cyprienD)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/acrylic-cleaner-alternative/2812/8 "2014-12-09T12:17:05Z")

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Hello Olivier, Thomas,

If you order on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) [http://amzn.com/B002UCYRZU](http://amzn.com/B002UCYRZU) the shipping cost are ~9€ (total 22€, 14-days delivery).  
It looks like they have a french reseller [http://france.novusglass.com/](http://france.novusglass.com/) (source [https://www.novuspolish.com/international\_distributors.html](https://www.novuspolish.com/international_distributors.html))