ReCoat Hits Kickstarter to Repair Resin Vats

DruckWege calls their ReCoat kit “the world's first DIY repair kit for SLA printers.” The pair of German engineers say their company, which contracts and print jobs, was forced to regularly replace resin vats as they failed over time, and that cost it turned into one of their main production snags. So rather than regularly purchasing costly resin tanks, they looked for a better way. Thus, the ReCoat Kit was born--and it's now on Kickstarter, with the campaign seeking to raise €15,000 by July 15th. You can read the whole story here: http://3dprint.com/79781/druckwege-recoat-kit/
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There is already a way to recoat the resin trays so you don't have to throw them away. I've been doing this since I first bought my Form 1. It's pretty simple and the price isn't bad at all. Use Sylgard 184 you can buy it off Amazon. It comes with enough silicone to recoat your tray several times the cost is only $53. Here is a blog from way back in 2013. http://blog.madesolid.com/2013/09/ch...1-printer-vat/

Dear @ram3d,
we established ReCoat due to many reasons, as they are already also very clearly worked out in the well written article of 3dprintboard. But for most of all reasons, ReCoat helps to reduce maintenance cost through an easy applicable process. The pouches allow an easy dosing without any manual mixing. The primer that we introduce enables a better adhesion to the substrate of more than 20% of the mostly used original polymeres. This advantage helps to avoid print or mechanical defects from strong pull/peel-forces during the print process. The primer is suited best to the properties of ReCoat for high UV-durability and transparency.

BTW, it is not easy to source Sylgard everywhere, e.g. in the EU, where also high shipping cost are involved.

ReCoat is online by today (27.08.15) and available in our online-shop: http://www.druckwege.com/home/shop/

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Kind Regards,
DruckWege

Edit: Added our Durability sheet

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There is already a way to recoat the resin trays so you don't have to throw them away. I've been doing this since I first bought my Form 1. It's pretty simple and the price isn't bad at all. Use Sylgard 184 you can buy it off Amazon. It comes with enough silicone to recoat your tray several times the cost is only $53. Here is a blog from way back in 2013. http://blog.madesolid.com/2013/09/ch...1-printer-vat/

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Hi Ram I found the step of madesolid (blog dead)
here is the step for those who still need it https://www.industery.com/blog/repla...1-printer-vat/