The useful sequence is wash → inspect → dry → cure → clean up. The settings belong to the exact resin and equipment combination. A station's longest timer setting is not a recommended treatment time.

Before the print comes off the plate

Find your resin's current technical instructions and safety data sheet (SDS). Note the approved washing liquid, washing method, time and curing device. Keep its container label available. Clear a space for the wet part and a separate space for the finished part, so liquid residue does not travel onto the clean bench.

Follow the workflow

  1. Wash using the resin maker's instructions. Use the station fill markings and basket limits; a tank's advertised capacity is not its working fill volume.
  2. Inspect recesses and hollow sections. Formlabs identifies cavities as places where liquid can remain. Follow the resin maker's instructions for those geometries rather than simply repeating a long bath.
  3. Dry completely before curing. Do not skip drying because a surface looks clear. Formlabs requires fully dry parts before post-curing.
  4. Cure using the specified equipment. A time for one resin or curing device does not automatically transfer to another.
  5. Close containers and collect contaminated materials. Keep waste separate from ordinary household rubbish until the maker's SDS and the receiving waste service establish the route.

These workflow points are adapted from Formlabs' washing instructions (checked 25 October 2026); they do not replace your own equipment manual.

Keep a repeatable record

Record the resin's full name and version, wash liquid, method, wash and cure settings, and what the finished surface looked like. That makes a later change of resin or station visible rather than silently carrying over old settings.

Use the wash and cure time guide to look up sourced examples. If your combination is absent, use the maker's instructions rather than choosing a similar name. Plan the dirty IPA disposal route before your first tank needs changing.