# Form Cure - Material selection

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807>\
**Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807 "2018-10-15T17:59:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cubo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/cubo/32/10954_2.png) [@cubo](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/cubo)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807/1 "2018-10-15T17:59:29Z")

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Today I’ve forgotten that Tough resin requires 120min @ 60°C and cured the parts only for 60min on the FORM Cure.

Would be great to allow the user to choose the material to cure by name.

- clear
- durable
- high temp
- ect.

But please keep the manual time and temperature feature.

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![andywhitw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@andywhitw](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/andywhitw)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807/2 "2018-10-16T10:47:32Z")

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I believe FormLabs recommend a 60min cure for tough as between 60 and 120 mins the gain in tensile modulus is 5% compared to the initial gain of 67%.( I know the question is about having resin setting which I strongly agree with) I just wondered why you cure for the full 120 mins?

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**Author:** ![cubo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/cubo/32/10954_2.png) [@cubo](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/cubo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807/3 "2018-10-16T20:53:26Z")

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> [@andywhitw](#):
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> the gain in tensile modulus is 5% compared to the initial gain of 67%.( I know the question is about having resin setting which I strongly agree with) I just wondered why you cure for the full 120 mins?

There is an overview which recommends 120min for a full cure for tough resin.

Where can I find the information about the gain of 5% between 60 and 120min?

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**Author:** ![andywhitw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@andywhitw](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/andywhitw)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-cure-material-selection/20807/4 "2018-10-17T07:38:46Z")

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[https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Form-Cure-Time-and-Temperature-Settings?language=en\_US](https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Form-Cure-Time-and-Temperature-Settings?language=en_US)

This is the link which takes you to the temp settings, there’s a dropdown menu to select the material you want.