ELEGOO Mercury Plus 2 in 1 3D Printing Wash and Cure Station V2 for Mars Photon S Photon Mono LCD SLA DLP 3D Printer Models

Prior to picking up the Mercury, I was using an ultrasonic cleaner and a jury-rigged UV light in a box line with foil. It worked but not well, the Mercury does everything I need it to do and it does it well. I have yet to have a single print end up with any extra resin left on it, something my ultrasonic cleaner never quite pulled off, or had a part of a print not cured fully with my Mercury.

This thing is perfect for cleaning up your work station and keeping a cleaning mess to a minimum Both functions are killer especially for small prints. The only complain I have is that the arm that will hold the bed into the cleaning tub seems to only fit the elegoo systems. Seeing as I’m using a different printer I can’t use that function of cleaning the print and plate at the same time which is a bummer.

After resin printing and cleaning my prints in the famed pickle jars for a couple months I finally got my hands on one of these babies and let me tell you what. This thing makes resin printing WAY more worth it. Takes a huge hassle out of cleaning and then pop em right back in and get to curing. The curing seemed to be better on the mercury 1 but I have both so I can use both first one then the other. Man. This is really sensual stuff!

I opened the box and the first thing I notice is no manual, no protective film over the acrylic cover, no protective film over the LCD display. After opening the rest I see that the bracket to hold the build plate is missing, the glass turn table has a glob of resin on it and the washing container is completely coated with dried resin. So I thought maybe I bought a refurbished model, nope nowhere on the product description does it say used, and the invoice says new. I cant trust a company that tries to sell you a used product. They didnt even clean it up or make sure all the parts were there. Absolutely terrible.

This machine is a great bargain for having one unit that performs multiple functions. Simple to use controls and very easy to learn. I was able to clean up some space on my workbench that was previously taken up by multiple devices for washing and curing. I would recommend purchasing a second build plate for keeping the print process moving forward while washing and curing. %100 would buy again and if they come out with one that has increased volume for the Elegoo Saturn I will buy that one as well.

It’s great

Ive been printing mdf for years, but just recently took the plunge into SLA. Ive been printing non stop and the post processing was slowing me down. Within just two weeks this has already made my printing throughput much faster and simpler to do. Wouldnt print without it again.

everyone with a Mars printer should have one of these! It makes life so much easier. I still pre-rinse my prints in a separate tub of IPA, and I post rinse in another clean tub, but this machine does all the dirty work, and gets my build plate clean. The curing works great too although I wish it had a UV light on the bottom so I didn’t have to flip my print over halfway. Hopefully, they will make a version that fits the Saturn too.

Ive had the Mercury+ for about 2 weeks now. I turn it off after each wash/cure session and so far have only used it 3 times. It now no longer powers on (the power cable shows that it is receiving power though). This is an issue Ive had with the Elegoo MARS in the past and I believe will probably be fixed the same way. The power switch isnt the sturdiest thing and can apparently burn out just from sitting there plugged in. By replacing the power switch with a similar one (rocker switch, usually for boats) it will hopefully get back to working just fine.

I was thoroughly impressed when I took this out of the box. Put it next to the Mars 3, weent out and bought 91% isopropyl alcohol and fired this bad boy up. The first thing I noticed is it DOES NOT FIT the bracket with the Mercury 3 plate for washing. The plate hangs up on the wash tank corners being slightly too big. Minor, but you would think it would. I havent read anyone else saying it didnt, so it puzzles me. But after 3 (yes, thats right 3) uses it failed to power up. Aftert waiting for technical support for over a week (It was Chinese New Year) Someone finally got back to me and asked me to swap the power cords with the Mercury 3 and check to see if it helped. I not only did that, but I checked the voltage at the power plug and had 12.3 volts. They also told me they were going to send me parts if I would dissamble it and it wouldnt effect the warranty. REALLY? Thank god my Toyota dealer wont do the same since my Camry is under warranty. Not sure about their QC after this. If it wouild work and fit correctly, it would have gotten 5 stars. But since I cant dry anything at this point........