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Besides Lego, what other creative toys/products do you dabble with, if ya do? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Other creative toys/products that come to mind would be, say, Play-Doh as a sort of children's intro to...Clay, I suppose? But in this vein without being exclusively directed towards children (albeit I imagine many may be).

Always enjoyed a creative kind of toy to mess around with.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m happy to hear that you are using ventilation. It’s wild how many resin printer owners don’t.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

More like terrifying. Its not a huge concern acutely, but once your immune system decides its a threat, you can't work with it again.

Not to mention, who knows how much of it has formaldehyde and vinyl-chloride and whatever other VoCs mixed in.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. I’ve been 3D printing for about 5 years exclusively with resin and I’m lucky enough to have never gotten it on my skin directly, but I wear googles, an apron, and elbow length gloves, and I make sure to never work near the printer while it’s running, and I always let my washed prints rest for 24 hours before occupying the same space as them. Shit is nasty.

[–] Linuto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Do you have any information on long term effects from the fumes? I have delved down that hole several times and can't find anything conclusive. Most I've ever done across pertains to direct contact with the resin. Asking in good faith.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The biggest issue is that almost no UV resin comes with an MSDS. This becomes a concern because resins can include formaldehyde and other carcinogens. The respiratory irritation is similar to the skin contact - over time your body can just sta :nope fuck this and leave