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Reputable 3D printers will have completely cured and cleaned the parts/kit before you receive it. No need to leave it outside. Occasionally, a hollow 3D printed part will have residual, uncured resin inside which made come out though an opening (door, hatch, etc.) This is what should be cleaned with Alcohol. It is usually not much and can be cleaned with a spay bottle of alcohol and paper towels or an unloaded airbrush (what we use). The resin is toxic - don't eat it! It can cause an allegic reaction if touched in about 10% of people (I'm in that group!) but if only contacted in small amounts and washed off promptly even that is unlikely.
Basically, you should be able to take good 3D printed parts out of the box and use them just like injection plastic parts
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I washed them in dishwashing liquid and primed them. Have not seen "liquid discharge". scary. How the hell did you build that many models???? Impressed.
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I've built fourteen 1/350 scale model warships built with 3D-printed parts in the past two years, ten of which were entirely 3D-printed (aside from brass gun barrels). A couple had issues with incomplete hardening/curing of the resin, resulting in liquid leaking from them, but these parts were washed in 91% isopropyl alcohol and that solved the problem. The leaking was, fortunately, from inside the parts (they were superstructure sections) and did not distort the exteriors. For 3D-printed hulls and brass photoetch I've just used Tamiya light gray spray primer, which fortunately was a close match to the final color I wanted for these parts when painted.
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I prime them but not much else. Maybe an alcohol wash?
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