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Side project: Isopropyl distillation from resin printing rinsing (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/3dprinting

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Edit: Deleting this post. It's starting to get controversial, but that's OK. Not what I planned on, but whatevers.

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[–] xmclark 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yo, this thread caught my eye, but because it’s deleted, it’s unclear exactly what it’s about. Can someone summarize exactly what I’m to avoid?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Don't distill your own isopropanol in your garage/yard. Simple as that.

[–] xmclark 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That is shocking because many articles on the internet suggest this, and I myself have been distilling IPA for years.

Not trying to challenge or argue, but I’m just surprised and a little embarrassed.

Can anyone comment why this hasn’t been a problem for me? Is this a matter of potency? Or number of cycles of distilling?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This post goes into detail why you shouldn't do it: https://lemmy.ml/post/19598195

As to why there are so many articles on the internet: if there are many articles recommending jumping off a cliff... /j

That stuff is dangerous. Don't trust anyone on that stuff, just because they have a homepage.

I'm guessing you were just lucky.