Sunlu ABS-Like my new go to 3d Printing Resin for miniatures

My initial thoughts on Sunlu's ABS Like Resin. Spoilers I love it.
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[@Emtbtoday]

Use a 0.30 breakpoint in your supports it creates a ball on the tip so when the support is removed it leaved a wee ball nub that flakes or picks off or sands without the tip going into the surface

[@oldoneswithdice]

Thanks for the tip. I'll have to incorporate "wee ball nub" into my everyday speech. Lol

[@oldoneswithdice]

@@Emtbtoday it's been awhile since this comment was made. It's great advice and I'm pinning this comment.

[@B4MBI72]

Sunlu ABS Like has been my goto resin for over a year now, 2.1/2.2sec per layer on my Mars 3

[@looselycollected7505]

I keep a flush cutter for supports that stays as a dirty cutter with resin residue on it. I wash it in alcohol. But it is devoted to the purpose. I think I'd just cut the supports, leave a bit of them attached to the model. Then wash and cure. Then use my flush cutter I keep for plastic to trim them. Cuts out the divots from the supports. It'd probably be a bit like trimming sprues on factory plastic minis. I'd already been using Sunlu standard to decent use. But for a bit more I'd be willing to try this for sure.

[@xeraoh]

1:45 - running 4.75sec wow that is really high, I use this resin about 2-2.3 sec on my epax E10 printers (with saturn 1 lcd) also 2sec on Saturn3Ultra and works without fail

[@Emtbtoday]

My favourite too! Can't believe how good it is to the elegoo ABS 2.0 I was 4.9 exposed on the 2.0 and broke very easy! I'm on my 5th bottle sunlu now won't go to anything else now amd not been able to break anything yet! Not that I try but accidents happen and this Sunlu is just might and day to elegoos abs in my saturn 2! I just got a 2kg bottle today off amazon for 29.89 it was 19.19 for 1kg bottle from 24 last week it just keeps coming down its Fantastic! Just hope it stays this way and people don't go near it because of the cheap name as I did and know afew like this haha! The best secret Resin ever! 😂

[@enricobononi8655]

i have the normal ABS (not the ver 2.0) and on saturn 2 i was using something like 2.4sec exposure....what did they change in the ABS 2.0 resin if we need to expose for such long time?!!?

[@SUNLU]

Thanks for loving it!😆

[@oldoneswithdice]

Thanks for making it

[@Timbodacious]

this was my first resin ive ever used in black abs like and i make very thick structural model prints with it and its never failed me i am scared to try other resin at this point lol

[@chantaljensen2629]

I’ll have to try it out

[@RockOnGrafter]

I will definitely try it out. Thanks for sharing!

[@bg4779]

The thing that i dont see many people talk about with ABS resin is that it is just more satisfying to hold. I don't really know how to describe it but ABS feels "softer" then other resins. The best way i can describe it, but not accurately, is that regular resin feels like cheap hard plastics in a cars interior and the ABS resin feels like a car interior with a soft reburized texture.

[@oldoneswithdice]

You're absolutely right it does have a great feel to it. I really prefer the dark grey to the regular grey.

[@chmarzec]

Does it feel as soft after painting ? Or normal and ABS-like are then similar ?

[@oldoneswithdice]

It's hard to describe. Most resins have a brittle chalky feel. The Sunlu Abs-Like Dark Grey has look and feel similar to a premium molded plastic model. Like you get from Games Workshop.

[@WarLore]

well my man, i have been convinced. I just got a Mars 4 and I gut Sunlu ABS-Like. wish me luck. I don't know much about how to dial things in, but here we go!!!

[@oldoneswithdice]

Cones of calibration. It's a pass fail test so is easier to use. That give you an upper limit. You can then dial back individual layer exposure if you need more detail.

[@erridian6838]

Haha, told you it was great XD Sunlu is my go-to for sure!

[@TheRealOzWookiee]

Just finished going through an calibrating my Saturn 8K with the Elegoo ABS-Like v2 and like you have had to go as high as 5secs to get just ONE cone on the Cones of Calibration. 5.5s gave me 3 out of five sucess on the Cones v3. This is quite a shock after coming from the SirayaTech Fast ABS-Like (which isn't) which was I think 2.5 and 240mm/m lift LOL.

[@dalesinclair869]

2:28 that looks exactly like GW's eldar transport carrier. Is that model by ghamak?

[@oldoneswithdice]

It's a "Space Elf" transport. Lol This particular file came free off the purple site. It's since been taken down. I have purchased some of the Ghamark proxies and they printed perfectly.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

I don't know if it comes down to difference sin machines but those exposure times seem insanely long to me. I have an Elegoo Saturn Ultra and mostly print with Syra Tech resins and my exposure times around around 2s or even less. 5s exposure times would more than double my prints which would be insane.

[@oldoneswithdice]

I'm using a 1st Gen Saturn so I'm not surprised the ultra would have short exposure times. I also lean towards overexposure. I'm willing to potentially sacrifice some detail for better print success. I probably have over 100 prints with hundreds of models, with zero print failures.

[@slow-moe3518]

I have also completely switched to this resin.

[@J4H3AD]

That's impressive. Every other resin I've seen will snap as soon as you bend it even a tiny bit!

[@workingforgear]

I’m sold, I just ordered the Sunlu!

[@adamningsk]

I got it directly from china(TaoBao) 2kg for just US$35 including shipping to Singapore.

[@GeorgMierau]

Keeping in mind what it is (a very affordable product) I'm actually quite impressed by Sunlu ABS-like! I like the warm "Dark Grey" color and it prints just fine. My only "problem" with it is the manufacturing date format: "G15C D04A"? Any idea how to read it?

[@windforward9810]

I use it all the time I have print well over 50+ kg’ s the last 2 months. On my elegoo mars2p, mars 3, mars 4 dlp, Anycubic mono X and the uniform ATI on GKtwo with great results the fails I had where on me do to angle and other issues. . However would not use it on the Anycubic M5s too soft have a lot pull off the supports had a lot of failures on it was so bad I bought the GKTWO was using the Mars 3 to due some of those prints had to do angle them nearly straight up and down the print took up nearly the whole build plate. Note most of my prints can be bigger prints the take a little bit of time. HAD TWO M5s. I have in stock 15 Kgs of the product since it come out use it on everything.

[@thebritishengineer8027]

Been working with the Anycubic Tough v2 and I'm not very impressed with the surface detail compared to my usual prints. Just to be clear my business is precision printing and very accurate surface detail (rivet heads and wood textures) something I don't seem to be able to get so far. Any tips/suggestions..?

[@oldoneswithdice]

@@thebritishengineer8027 if you can maybe look into less flexible resins. It seems we trade out some of the details for flexibility. Also going lower on your exposures times can give you more details at the cost of an increase chance of print failure.

[@thebritishengineer8027]

@@oldoneswithdice Cheers I will try that tonight..

[@Liberty4Ever]

Resin codt is approaching parity with filament cost. If the clean and post cure processes of resin printing could be simplified and automated, FDM printing would go away.

[@mikajurvanen8219]

I really love the white ABS Like resin from Sunlu. Dialed it in to perfection on my Uniformation GKTwo. However. Out of stock in the EU warehouse for over 1.5 months bow. Really really annoying…. :(

[@Emtbtoday]

Sale is on again now i got £10 off a 2kg yesterday

[@jazzj2]

My only issue with the sunlu ABS-like resin (or any other ABS-like resin probably, i had the same issue with the Anycubic one) is the underside where all the supports go is guaranteed to be less crisp in detail than the unsupported areas. Seems like the supports end up stretching the layers ever so slightly. I've been told to try and go higher than 180mm/m lift speed, and i'm running at 210mm/m at the moment, but i still get this issue. Do you have any specific settings that somehow fix this? Or is it just a sacrifice i have to live with for the benefits of the ABS-like properties

[@TierDrama]

I have the same issue and dont know the fix...

[@FamIly-pv3cw]

that resin is weirdly too good and cheap, I don't know how it can be, but I can no longer find it in stock in western europe

[@oldoneswithdice]

It appears to still be available here in the US but I haven't seen a big Sale on it in a while.

[@FamIly-pv3cw]

@@oldoneswithdice it just got back in stock and bought 8kg of it lol im happy

[@franksilva3566]

Have you ever used the AnyCubic Resin-Like V2 Water Washable?

[@金閃閃的忠誠怪]

I going to try this. But may I have some setting advice for this resin? I am using sonic 8ks. Thank you!

[@RocktracksSC]

I feel like the detail might be largely impacted by the exposure time. I'm pretty new to resin, but found 1.8s per 30um layer to work well for me on the SUNLU ABS-Like black and haven't had a failure yet (only ~5 prints to be fair).

[@oldoneswithdice]

I agree. What machine are you using?

[@RocktracksSC]

@@oldoneswithdice Elegoo Mars4 Max

[@BrunenG_YT]

Do the parts get harder and less flexible with time, in a month for example?

[@oldoneswithdice]

That's a good question. My prints seem just as flexible as when they were cured

[@BrunenG_YT]

@@oldoneswithdice I know some resins lose flexibility. Good to know that it's not that pronounced with this resin. Thanks for info

[@dumbcat]

do you think the Sunlu ABS-Like resin is tough enough to make something like key chain tags? and have you ever tried to add color to any of your resins? thanks

[@oldoneswithdice]

It's probably closest to softer plastic. I'm not sure if would hold up as a key chain. As far as adding color I don't have any experience. Hopefully someone else can comment.

[@getjinxed7354]

could you point me in the direction to get those stls?

[@FarmerJim]

Will you share your settings?

[@oldoneswithdice]

Sure I'm running 30 seconds for the base layers and 4.75 for the normal layers. Keep in mind every printer is slightly different and I'm printing at 80 degrees F

[@tonyisonfire]

Is the sunlu abs water washable?

[@oldoneswithdice]

No it'll need alcohol for the wash

[@hicl5450]

Will abs-like resin react to acetone?

[@shanepatrick4534]

The dark grey looks just like plastic. They just came out with a 3KG bottle that's a great deal.

[@oldoneswithdice]

I really like the dark grey. I'll have to look into the 3 kg bottle. Probably even more savings

[@shanepatrick4534]

It's ~52$USD on amazon for 3 kg. I like how it prints and acts just like siraya tech fast without the separation issues.@@oldoneswithdice

[@1337FLINT.]

Hello, i need to print 1:64 scale rims. Is this resin hard enough for that? i mean, i don't need flexibility for my rims final result

[@oldoneswithdice]

I would say yes. It's on par with injection modeled plastic. 1\64 scale, are you printing parts for Gaslands?

[@1337FLINT.]

@@oldoneswithdiceUnfortunately no. I print for diecast part, example rims, seat, steering wheel, side mirror. Thanks for sharing, i guess i'll go with sunlu abs like

[@enricobononi8655]

i have the normal ABS (not the ver 2.0) and on saturn 2 i was using something like 2.4sec exposure....what did they change in the ABS 2.0 resin if we need to expose for such long time?!!?

[@oldoneswithdice]

That's a good question.

[@NickelKang]

What's your layer height? .05 or .03? I'm in the same camp. At .03 my average normal exposure is 2.5sec. If you really want to dial this puppy in... print the xp2 validation matrix. Will give you that sweet spot. Thanks for the review! Going to snag some of this and give it a go along with Jamg He art of engineering. I don't think you can beat sunlu though at 2kg for that price.

[@Jadeeye76]

sharing any settings?

[@TheLevitatingChin]

How do

[@oldoneswithdice]

How do?

[@WarlockCore]

Sunlu is ok but their clear resin sucks, not clear at all more like frost

[@oldoneswithdice]

I print miniatures so I don't use clear resins. Though clear resins might be useful for flight bases. What resin would you recommend?

[@WarlockCore]

I do not actually have a recommendation yet, I'm trying some out however I did try the SunLu but the result as far as crystal clear goes (their ad) it's not, so still in the process of trying some other brands, will post if I find a good one@@oldoneswithdice