I tried the Anycubic “ABS-Like” Pro2 UV cured 3D printing resin in my Phrozen Sonic Mini printer. Because Anycubic doesn’t provide resin settings for other brands of printers, I had to dial in the settings myself, and it took me several tries to get it to stop sticking to my FEP film (I had to turn up the exposure time, and also replace my FEP film, as well as stop using “thin” supports).
This resin wants to stick to the FEP film more than what I was using previously (The Phrozen Aqua Ivory 4K resin, which has settings specifically tuned by Phrozen for their line of printers), and appears to be a little more flexible when printing so that you need to use slightly larger supports to keep fine parts from starting to stick to the FEP film when the built plate lifts.
Eventually I got the settings and support structures dialed in so that I could print parts reliably, but it took more more attempts than I was expecting to need, as it needed almost twice the exposure time as the Aqua Ivory.
The parts printed with the “ABS-Like” resin are definitely stronger than what the Phrozen “Aqua” gives. [The anycubic resin is also $10 cheaper for 1kg bottle.] It took significantly more force to break off small structures, and parts would “give” more before breaking, although you could still snap small pieces by hand if you bent them enough.
The gray color definitely made the IPA I use for rinsing dark and murky at a faster rate than a clear or white would have, so consider your color choice when buying resin if you care about what your IPA looks like more than the color of the final part. It also appears to be more “sticky” in that I needed to rinse for longer to get it off of the build plate and vat.
Price wise, it is slightly less expensive than other resins I’ve used if purchased in the 1kg size, and I was happy with the performance of the parts once I got the settings dialed in.
From an odor standpoint, it was MUCH less objectionable than other “low odor” resins I’ve used from Phrozen, so that is not just marking speak, my IPA gave off more odor than the resin in use. (I’d still recommend ventilation though, but it is better than the Phrozen Aqua Ivory “low odor” resin.)
So overall, I recommend this resin for prints that need strength, with the notice that unless you also have an Anycubic branded printer, you may need to use 250g of it to dial in the settings for your specific printer.
On my Phrozen Sonic Mini, I ended up with 4 second exposures & 100mm/min lift speed, combined with thicker support structures and that worked out well for me.
