1969 Dart Street/Strip (Re)Build

CudaChick1968 said

The stuff that oozed out is all the grease and accumulated road grime, and trapped impurities in the metal when it was formed. It seems to me they don't outgas their customers' parts first before blasting and coating (a typical rookie inexperience issue). Chances are good that the two prior hearings also brought similar crap to the surface and that's probably what the contamination was from to start with. I hate to see anybody get ripped off; at least you got a partial refund.

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It's impossible for that to be road grime. The kit is brand new. This was the 3rd time those parts had been coated. They held the parts in chemical stripping tanks to strip the coatings. What was inside was either chemical stripper or the metal cleaner they used after. Whatever it was burned your skin when you touched it. It was definitely a stripping or cleaning chemical. It's now flaking off on the edges where they were laser cut. I asked them for a full refund since now I've found that the coating didn't even seem to adhere properly. They refused so I told them I'd gladly share my experience with their company.

Save yourself the headache and don't even consider using PowderTech in Wichita.