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  1. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Can anyone shed some light on the practicality of using a 90% alcohol soak prior to painting? 3D Systems has asked me to try this...
  2. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Thanks for the info, it saved me a lot of wasted time. I have received my work benches, so I can start putting the cleaning station together. By posting here I received a lot of useful information. Although I'm not exactly sure what I will end up doing yet. lol
  3. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Oh I see, sorry. Can you guys chime in on the possible uses of Sodium hydroxide water mix in this application?
  4. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Is there any way to edit messages? I meant I don't know if hot water (alone) will remove the wax.
  5. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Hi MoltenMetal, Sorry for the confusion I had a lot to put out there and it got a little mushy. When referring to hot water I was thinking of a way to dye and clean at the same time. So a method that could filter hot wax from water but admittedly I sort of left out too many details. I believe...
  6. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Thank you all for your replies! Many replies are suggesting tedious hand work which is what I want to avoid. It would be fine for a small number of parts, but what happens when I print 75? Also just getting the wax off the parts is not the issue, I can certainly do it, but I need to find a more...
  7. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    This is a chemical based problem. Can you even filter wax from mineral oil, also called paraffin oil... Anyone out there with chemical engineering knowledge able to point me to a better place to ask my questions?
  8. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Or maybe just tell me a more appropriate forum, or a place where I might find some information. Filtering wax from 70c mineral oil preferably, or water... Seams this should be within the realm of possibility for the small operation I am attempting. Anything at all?
  9. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    I will try to add pictures... The parts in the printer. Parts are encased in wax. Here are the small parts. The parts go into an oven to remove the bulk of the wax. The dying bath, 5 minutes at 70c. The bath is about half gallon water and a full bottle of RIT dye. After dying...
  10. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    I will try to add pictures... The parts in the printer. Parts are encased in wax. Here are the small parts. The parts go into an oven to remove the bulk of the wax. The dying bath, 5 minutes at 70c. The bath is about half gallon water and a full bottle of RIT dye. After dying...
  11. VeryFungi

    Remove wax from hot water or mineral oil. 3D Printer support material removal.

    Hi all, I have purchased a 3D Systems ProJet 3500HD Max. After a very long ordeal I am finally making parts. I am trying to speed up and streamline the cleaning process. The short question is what is the easiest way to remove wax from 70c water in a continuous operation. In other words I do...

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