My experience is that water curing resin generally improves the surface quality among other things. Can anyone chime in with their experience using water on Clear V5 resin? Looking to see if the new formula changes this dynamic. Thanks
I’ve not heard of curing Clear V5 in water, as that’s only with the silicone resin that requires water curing. Technically the clear v5 is completely cured, just needs an IPA bath. There will be some amber when curing clear v5, although I can’t imagine that water curing it would prevent that - could be wrong as I’ve not tried it.
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I would also recommend Flexible 80a and Elastic 50 you can experiment with clear in water i say why not give it a shot
Curing underwater just displaces oxygen which can inhibit polymerization of the surface layer. Some materials have a more tacky surface layer like silicone, flex, elastic.
I don’t think curing underwater really “improves” surface quality so I don’t expect to see any difference with Clear, since it generally is not very tacky after washing and drying.
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it’s a little more complex than that, especially when it comes rigidity vs brittleness tests. It’s a proven method for many materials and that’s not really up for debate. What is up for debate though is how it interacts with V5 Clear specifically. Thanks for chiming in!
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I’m curious to learn more about this because it’s the first I’ve ever heard of it.
What properties specifically get better? Do you have links to literature or examples I can take a look at?
If you do it with Clear V5 and run mechanical property tests, let us know what you find!
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