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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I have been taking the tub of ipa in the sun and then filtering it using a paint filter.<br />has worked pretty good so far. I usually do it every few days.<br />this was with 70% ipa.<br />with the 99 percent it doesn&#039;t really filter out. but like Pirvan says turns to a Jello mass I am leaving out side as we speak uncovered to try and let the&nbsp; ipa eve off so I can toss the cured glob</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[mark.burton]]></name>
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			<updated>2017-05-27T21:14:21Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Well if you google distilling IPA&nbsp; it seems the discussion is not about recovering and recycling of solvents Hmmmm LOL<br />Tin</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tin Falcon]]></name>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T22:20:39Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>IronMan wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Wow, when I first read the topic, I thought it was about beer!</p></blockquote></div><p>This is how you dispose of &quot;used&quot; IPA (beer)</p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2003/05/calvin-peeing-600x463.jpg?resize=400%2C309" alt="http://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2003/05/calvin-peeing-600x463.jpg?resize=400%2C309" /></span></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1357/</uri>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T19:52:23Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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				<name><![CDATA[IronMan]]></name>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T18:10:25Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T18:06:45Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Wow, when I first read the topic, I thought it was about beer!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[IronMan]]></name>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T17:32:25Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Bathtub gin was natorius for bad taste so was often flavored !<br />An old pressure cooker an old radiator and some connections should be all you need to recycle IPA sun for the heat put the radiator inside a shed and maybe a fan on it.<br />Tin</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tin Falcon]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/6775/</uri>
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			<updated>2016-06-29T16:00:44Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Update.</p><p>Ive had the &quot;jello&quot; in a Zip-Lock plastic bag outside for about 4 days now, and it still hasn&#039;t hardened.&nbsp; It&#039;s like a very thick rubber.&nbsp; It got about 4 hours of sun a day, which should have hardened it, but I guess the concentration of alcohol in it is keeping it from hardening completely.</p><p>I&#039;ll give it another couple of days, but if it doesn&#039;t cure completely, I&#039;ll just throw it away as it is.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1357/</uri>
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			<updated>2016-06-28T23:33:48Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>Tin Falcon wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I wonder would a simple solar still work with IPA?? </p><p>Place a clean can in the middle of the tub . Weight&nbsp; it down. The can height must be lower than the top of the tub. then place plastic over the tub leave a bit loose . tape the edge of the plastic to the outside of the tub then place a weight rock marble whatever on the plastic over the can the idea is the&nbsp; IPA evaporates&nbsp; &nbsp; then condenses on the plastic then drips into the can .<br />The plastic should not touch the collection can .&nbsp; <br />If it works you should be able to recover and reuse a good bit of the IPA rather than it just become part of the local air pollution. </p><p>Solvents are commonly recycled in industry . the problem is the commercial equipment is expensive. And Home built stills may be a bit taboo .</p><p>Another option would be put the IPA in a sealed glass jar and leave in the sun then filter it after the sun cures the resin. </p><p>Tin</p></blockquote></div><p>Neat idea, but making &#039;shine in your bathtub is still against the law !&nbsp; <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p><p>&#039;sides, I&#039;m not sure it would taste that great.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/1357/</uri>
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			<updated>2016-06-25T01:58:18Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I wonder would a simple solar still work with IPA?? </p><p>Place a clean can in the middle of the tub . Weight&nbsp; it down. The can height must be lower than the top of the tub. then place plastic over the tub leave a bit loose . tape the edge of the plastic to the outside of the tub then place a weight rock marble whatever on the plastic over the can the idea is the&nbsp; IPA evaporates&nbsp; &nbsp; then condenses on the plastic then drips into the can .<br />The plastic should not touch the collection can .&nbsp; <br />If it works you should be able to recover and reuse a good bit of the IPA rather than it just become part of the local air pollution. </p><p>Solvents are commonly recycled in industry . the problem is the commercial equipment is expensive. And Home built stills may be a bit taboo .</p><p>Another option would be put the IPA in a sealed glass jar and leave in the sun then filter it after the sun cures the resin. </p><p>Tin</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Tin Falcon]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/6775/</uri>
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			<updated>2016-06-24T23:10:57Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Disposing of used IPA]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>There are many threads and posts in the FormLabs forums regarding the disposal of used IPA.&nbsp; </p><p>For those that are not familiar with SLA printers, one of the steps in finishing a model is to clean it in isopropyl alcohol (IPA).&nbsp; IPA dissolves uncured resin, which the model is covered in as it&#039;s extracted out of the resin tank during build.&nbsp; After a lot of prints, the IPA gets contaminated with uncured resin, and becomes &quot;oily&quot;, and ineffective.&nbsp; At this time it&#039;s time to replace it with new &quot;clean&quot; IPA.</p><p>Some people have go to great extents to &quot;save&quot; the IPA, by filtering the resin particles out of it, but ultimately, the &quot;liquid&quot; IPA is still dirty.&nbsp; FormLabs suggest disposing of it in accordance to &quot;proper hazmat disposal rules governing your local area&quot;.&nbsp; Bu that can be cumbersome, inconvenient and costly.</p><p>I for one used a different tactic.&nbsp; </p><p>I took the entire tub and put it out in the sun for a day.&nbsp; The IPA turned into a thick jello, which I scooped up and put into a large ziplock bag,&nbsp; which I left outside to cure further.&nbsp; Depending on how many hours of sun it gets, and what the ratio of IPA to resin the concoction is, it might take as long as a week to cure, but in the end, you&#039;ll have a solid piece of plastic that can be simply disposed of in the trash.</p><p>Hope this helps those of you that are using SLA printers</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[pirvan]]></name>
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			<updated>2016-06-24T16:55:00Z</updated>
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