# Thin layer of resin at the base

**URL:** https://forum.formlabs.com/t/thin-layer-of-resin-at-the-base/20488
**Category:** Form 2
**Created:** [September 19, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/thin-layer-of-resin-at-the-base/20488 "2018-09-19T15:15:56Z")
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### Author: ![JohnHue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@JohnHue](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/JohnHue)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/thin-layer-of-resin-at-the-base/20488/12 "2018-09-22T08:51:50Z")

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> [@Qee](#):
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> If there is a problem, it should be a complete failure of printing.

It sounds like you really don’t want help 😕

Here’s a last tentative on my part. If you REALLY don’t want to open a support ticket now, you can try to print this and decide what to do afterwards :

> [@Disassembling and Reassembling of the Form 2 / re-calibrating Tank-Tray](http://forum.formlabs.com/t/disassembling-and-reassembling-of-the-form-2-re-calibrating-tank-tray/15232/14):
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> [OPTICS\_Test.form](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/5/55718e1ea6e16022b738927aa4be1b7cdc4593a8.form) (274.2 KB) Optics test file attached. Chris

Here’s the kind of issues I was having :

 ![IMG_20180802_164214](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/e/ef9cb7fe607d51e3c32f67ea5e8c3b2172a06951.jpg)

The Optics Test print before cleaning (I got the print through the form Wash which got rid of some of the flashin) :

 ![IMG_20180803_173751](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/a/a45163176b4997556c5b36bb10d2f6edfd3da30f.jpg)  
 ![IMG_20180803_173805](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/d/d5dc15093048ad55710797928b0f497adbc1fec2.jpg)

And here’s the result after cleaning the whole laser path (including galvo mirrors, which are the ones which actually did the trick) :

 ![IMG_20180806_141801](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/1/1180b250ef4ca4c796dd60ee5c817be1fec832f8.jpg) ![IMG_20180806_141815](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/c/ca71b5e81446de76952540a43fc3d12d87c2c22d.jpg)

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