I was cleaning out my project closet the other day and I found an entire bottle of resin for my printer, still sealed and unopened… but it is several years old at this point.

I didnt see an expiration date or anything on it, so I just wanted to ask before I open it and potentially make a huge mess… Does Resin Expire or otherwise go bad with time if its factory sealed? or in general?

  • Shadow@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    It should be fine if it was completely sealed and not exposed to light. Worse case I would just expect it to have hardened.

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      4 hours ago

      The black plastic tubes don’t block 100% UV so place it in a dark corner of a room.

      Besides light, temperature can also cause degradation.

      Oxygen might as well slowly oxidize the photosensitive catalyst.