# Bubbles in resin tank

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076>\
**Category:** Form 2\
**Created:** [April 16, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076 "2019-04-16T17:31:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![engineering\_ati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@engineering\_ati](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/engineering_ati)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076/1 "2019-04-16T17:31:21Z")

</div>

Hey guys,

I have been having trouble trying to get good prints off my form 2 with durable resin. I noticed that when I am agitating the resin in the tank there are a lot of bubbles as shown in the picture. Is this normal? And should I let the bubbles sit before printing? I also posted a picture of the issue I am having when printing in durable. The part seems to get off center when beginning the print, then recenter itself for the remainder. Thank you for your feedback!

 ![BUBBLES%20IN%20TANK%201](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/e/e6241c04bccc3feae04475109a0a9e30ba38d3f1.jpg) ![BUBBLES%20IN%20TANK%202](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/2/299f575927a5b7dc31646cab9223bfbc5ad50024.jpg)`!  
 ![InkedPRINT%20FAILURE_LI](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/2/27870fba18d2a954e4a5f5ad7bb34daee08d8715.jpg)  
 ![InkedPRINT%20FAILURE%202_LI](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/b/b6fb868ca7e7c3ab46d942fc4413ae5d2894089d.jpg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zenica](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/zenica/32/12099_2.png) [@Zenica](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Zenica)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076/2 "2019-04-17T04:09:41Z")

</div>

I’ve seen the bubbles as well but doubt it is the cause of your low print quality.  
I’d suggest reorienting the piece so there is a slight angle to it.

Flat surfaces perpendicular to the platform seem to generate results like this as well as create coagulated resin collected within the spires of the support structure.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DKirch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/dkirch/32/20300_2.png) [@DKirch](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/DKirch)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076/3 "2019-04-17T13:51:12Z")

</div>

Agreed! Typically bubbles like this look scarier than they really are because they’ll all get pushed out of the way during printing anyways.

A more tilted orientation during printing is absolutely the first thing I’d try here as well. 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bubbles-in-resin-tank/23076/4 "2019-04-24T13:51:18Z")

</div>

Closed on April 24, 2019, 1:51pm UTC

This topic was automatically closed 7 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.