LIQCREATE PREMIUM TOUCH RESIN TEST, almost as tenacious as the nylon

A new technical resin comes to our hands, so we hope you enjoy this Liqcreate Premium Tough resin test.

The Dutch firm Liqcreate has in its catalog a series of resins ranging from the most basic to its highest range, through the premium, among which are more affordable but equally interesting technical resins.

As you know, 3D printing resins are photosensitive polymers that harden under the light action of a certain wavelength.And resins are used in resin printers, which solidify photosensitive with light.

This resin has been formulated for MSLA printers, that is, printers that combine a UV LED light source with an LCD screen that makes a mask.

It is important to differentiate a MSLA from a DLP, because brands already design their differentiated resins one or another.So when you buy a resin you must ensure that it is for your type of resin printer.

In this test the Liqcreate Premium Tough resin has proven to be almost like nylon

Returning to the analysis of this resin, Liqcreate Premium Tough is a technical resin to print functional pieces that work with loads or pressures.

Thus, if you must design a hinge, for example, or a spring or some tweezers, for example, you must use technical resins called Tough, as its name indicates, which means hard.

This resin is viscous, colorless, with a strong chemical smell that is noticed, but its best qualities come out when the piece is hardented and formed.

We tried it in our printers, an Anycubic Photon S and a Uniz Slash+ and the result was the same in both.

The combination of hardness, resistance to traction and elongation, give it that plus of tenacity that surprises

We could not print any piece without presenting any printing error, thinner or broken areas.Speak with Liqcreate informed us that this resin has been formulated especially for low cost printers with a weak light source, such as a photon or a standard mars.

So we must wait for the firm to reformulate this tough especially for printers with powerful light sources that, today, are already beginning to be practically all the novelties that appear.

The printed piece takes a pleasant whitish milky color semitranslucido, which reminds us of the nylon.But what surprises most is his touch, also very similar to a piece of nylon.Amazing.

When we force or hit the piece, if it has enough thickness, it endures it without problems and without flinching.We print a 6 mm thick side.

The printed piece with this Premium Tough Liqcreate shows, in addition, a very good flexibility, it is resistant and very tenacious.In addition, it is mechanized, drilled and sanded very easily, without fear that it cracks.It is really resistant and for nothing brittle.

With Shore D69 hardness, it has a traction resistance of only 28 MPa - which is not too much - but that is compensated with its resistance to elongation before 15%breakage, giving rise to a very good tenacity.It is printed and cleaned with IPA alcohol, and cures in a conventional UV light oven.You do not need any annealing or post -curated process in a conventional oven.

To print it to 50 microns in the photon s we find an ideal printing time of 9 seconds per cape, while in the Uniz Slash+ it was 5.5 seconds.

Without a doubt it is one of the best Tough resins that we have tried, with a touch and benefits very close to the Nylon, which surprise.It is on sale at a price of 75 euros per liter, or 29 euros the 250 c.c.

PROS: It is very tenacious, combining hardness, tensile strength and an elongation that gives it properties and a behavior similar to nylon.In addition, it is resistant to scratches.It is ideal for functional prototypes, print and use.To achieve its properties, it does not need a baked at temperature.Its price is very correct.

Cons: it gives off a strong unpleasant chemical smell, its current formulation only works with low light power printers.Suffer from much bleeding or fattening, so if you spend the exposure time you will notice it instantly.It does not serve to print pieces with small details.