# Resin Tank Material Switch 3L? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579 "2021-12-01T20:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJAR\_Ryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/tjar_ryan/32/18592_2.png) [@TJAR\_Ryan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TJAR_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/1 "2021-12-01T20:27:39Z")
I’m very new to resin printing to start… All of my experience is FDM. My question is, how do I clean my resin tank so that I can switch from my Durable material to Rigid 10k. I just emptied my tank into a separate container and I have the feeling I’m doing this wrong. Am I supposed to have a tank for every material? Thank you in advance! ---
**Author:** ![BILLUCAS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/billucas/32/17632_2.png) [@BILLUCAS](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BILLUCAS)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/2 "2021-12-01T23:19:21Z")
Yes. You are supposed to have a resin tank for every material. It’s better like this. ---
**Author:** ![TJAR\_Ryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/tjar_ryan/32/18592_2.png) [@TJAR\_Ryan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TJAR_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/3 "2021-12-02T12:14:53Z")
Wow, ok. It makes sense to me now looking at it more. I attempted to clean the skimmer and realized how difficult that would be so I started to think that I might not need to clean the tank; just get a new one. ---
**Author:** ![BILLUCAS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/billucas/32/17632_2.png) [@BILLUCAS](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BILLUCAS)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/4 "2021-12-02T13:40:50Z")
This is not mandatory. But more convenient. Welcome to the resin 3d printing! More messy than FDM, but more precise parts as well. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![TJAR\_Ryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/tjar_ryan/32/18592_2.png) [@TJAR\_Ryan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TJAR_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/5 "2021-12-02T13:44:44Z")
I just placed an order for a few more tanks, convenience is what I need as I am the only one doing the printing at our company. Yes I’m quickly understanding the “messy” part of this process! The thing I don’t fully grasp yet is how to fully clean and re-use a tank with a different material without cross contamination?? ---
**Author:** ![BILLUCAS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/billucas/32/17632_2.png) [@BILLUCAS](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/BILLUCAS)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/6 "2021-12-02T13:50:25Z")
All the informations are here from Formlabs; [Inspecting and cleaning resin tanks (Form 3L/Form 3BL) (formlabs.com)](https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Inspecting-and-cleaning-resin-tanks-Form-3L?language=en_US) [Replacing the resin tank (Form 3L/Form 3BL) (formlabs.com)](https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Replacing-the-resin-tank-Form-3L-Form-3BL?language=en_US) [Disposing of resin tanks (formlabs.com)](https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Disposing-of-resin-tanks?language=en_US) ---
**Author:** ![TJAR\_Ryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/tjar_ryan/32/18592_2.png) [@TJAR\_Ryan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TJAR_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/7 "2021-12-02T13:59:32Z")
Thank you Bill! ---
**Author:** ![SANCHES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SANCHES](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/SANCHES)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/8 "2021-12-03T15:26:26Z")
I have a form 1+ there are no more resin tanks my printer it’s working well. Should I take my printer to trash? I’m very hungry with formlabs because they have left support form 1+ the next will be form 2 and etc. I have hoped by form 7 to be actual? ---
**Author:** ![George\_Earussi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@George\_Earussi](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/George_Earussi)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/9 "2021-12-03T17:32:22Z")
there was mention of another company a few years ago making replacement tanks. need to search threads if it was not deleted ---
**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:** [June 4, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/resin-tank-material-switch-3l/32579/10 "2022-06-04T05:33:06Z")
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