ELEGOO Mercury Plus 2 in 1 3D Printing Wash and Cure Station V2 for Mars Photon S Photon Mono LCD SLA DLP 3D Printer Models

Power switch came broken, instead of waiting I just bypassed the switch with a fuse (would have used another switch but the auto parts store was closed and I didn’t have any on hand. Otherwise it works like it’s supposed to.

I got this for my birthday and it seems like a decent deal at $120 bucks for a magnetic stirring bucket that has a gasket, and a uv curing setting... but from my experience the agitation of the liquid is simply not enough to clean out fine detailed prints. The UV curing is also weak I need to run it through 2 15 minute cycles at minimum for small prints. I would not recommend this to someone that is into the 3d printing hobby. you can make a simple uv curing station for like $20 and use a similar salable container to clean your prints and contain the liquids after also for about $20 throw in a spray bottle full of denatured alcohol and you will have much cleaner results . If you want something all in one package you could get this but I do not recommend it. It works as designed but for the money in my opinion you should look at a ultrasonic cleaner and a separate uv curing station for a similar if not slightly more cost.

This machine is a great bargain for having one unit that performs multiple functions. Simple to use controls and very easy to learn. I was able to clean up some space on my workbench that was previously taken up by multiple devices for washing and curing. I would recommend purchasing a second build plate for keeping the print process moving forward while washing and curing. %100 would buy again and if they come out with one that has increased volume for the Elegoo Saturn I will buy that one as well.

This cure station has made resin printing sooo much more enjoyable for me. Trust me, it lowers the pain in the ass threshold for getting your prints processed by a lot. You will not regret getting it and you WILL wonder how you ever got along without it.

I used to work in an office with a $5000 printer and it was a pain in the neck to wash our prints with a tooth brush and alcohol, and then to cure it in a little nail-salon UV lamp. It was a weird, junky setup I know... I recently got the elegoo mars 2 and decided to shell out the extra $150 for this bad boy as well and holy cow am I grateful I did. 1. This thing is so simple to use. Put the large container of your desired cleaning liquid on the thing, push a few buttons and it cleans it. Take the tub off and slap on the magnetic lazy Susan, push the same few buttons and itll cure it. 2. Its actually the same size as the printer (mars 2), just a few inches shorter. The shroud could even be used interchangeably. This is nice for uniformity of your work area. 3. The uniform cure is so nice, it is so much easier than personally rotating the model under a uv lamp or whatever youre using, you may have to change orientation so it cures the base as well, but honestly, its amazing. Some tips. You may not necessarily need to use IPA to clean your models. Look into mean green or simple green and how well they clean models. Ive been using the Elegoo ABS-like grey resin and I wash the prints in a solution of 3:2 simple green:water for about 15 minutes (half way through it automatically reverses the direction of spinning). Then I take it outside and over a couple boxes I spray 99% IPA over the models to get any excess resin off (theres often a bit on top of the printing bed). After that I rinse it with a hose in the backyard to get off as much simple green as possible. Then I set it in a box inside and dry it with a hairdryer. When its as dry as I can get it (about one or two minutes), I cure it for 10 minutes and it comes out dry and perfect. Absolutely no tack after the cure. The resin itself is great. Quite durable for 3d printing. Highly recommend.

I had been using it for about a month when the bucket spinner started making clunking noises i tried to clean it and was not able to figure out the cause of the problem. I was able to reach them via the amazon store and talked with them about the problem and they were quick to give me suggestions and when those didnt pan out they promptly sent me a new bucket! they deserve every star

I wasn’t expecting much from this machine, seeing that in the description it mentioned it was designed only for IPA. But I went ahead and bought it because one other reviewer helpfully commented that they had used it with water and it worked. That being said, after a few uses, this thing turned out to be an amazing help to my post processing. I used to have to wash my prints with the tap into a bucket that filled up far too quickly, and it would never be good enough. Now I just mount the build plate on the washing machine, set the timer, fill the bucket with water and my prints have never been so clean. Combine that with a handy little $15 hair dryer on low and my prints are now done in half the time. Such a great investment that will make me want to use my printer more. If you use water washable resin, don’t hesitate to buy this machine. It’s fantastic. The only other thing worth noting is that it is extremely loud (even louder than the infamously loud Mars 2 Pro carbon filter fan) and the button beeps are quite loud. So if you’re working in an environment where you need to be inconspicuous, then take that into consideration.

I wasnt sure what to expect with the cleaner but its super easy to use and looks clean next to all the resin and 3D printers. The curing definitely makes a difference on the final product as well!

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Im sending back all ELEGOO products. I bought a Mars 2 Pro and the wrong product was sent. I had to spend $20 on a round trip to town to exchange it. When the printer finally came, there was a quality control issue. So instead of resin, I bought a Neptune 2 to try my luck with PLA. When it came in there was another quality control issue. I was on video chat with three different people for almost 8 hours of total troubleshooting. They all agreed its defective.