Cusack/STOMP Pots Vs Alpha

I believe the sticky "mystery" coating is a protective layer against corrosion from salty sea air during trans-Pacific container shipping from China. You see an even thicker anti-corrosion coating (made of a different oilier composition) on large machine tools coming to the US from China as well as Taiwan.
 
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darwin999 said:
I believe the sticky "mystery" coating is a protective layer against corrosion from salty sea air during trans-Pacific container shipping from China. You see an even thicker anti-corrosion coating (made of a different oilier composition) on large machine tools coming to the US from China as well as Taiwan.
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Oh absolutely. Though plenty of aluminum survives transit without coating. I always assumed it was wiper lube applied in the most efficient/lazy/messy way possible.
But what it is chemically...? Who knows? Almost like a condensed petroleum jelly but if it's on the wiper/track it has to be somewhat conductive.
 
And again, I should reiterate - I had no doubts about the quality of these pots, but wanted to make sure there were no sizing issues between them and Alphas. The title is a bit misleading! I saw some warnings about mixing Alpha and Tayda pots, although I can't say I've noticed any issues when I've done it. Stompboxparts rules the school and all of their stuff is top quality!
 
Ginsly said:
And again, I should reiterate - I had no doubts about the quality of these pots, but wanted to make sure there were no sizing issues between them and Alphas. The title is a bit misleading! I saw some warnings about mixing Alpha and Tayda pots, although I can't say I've noticed any issues when I've done it. Stompboxparts rules the school and all of their stuff is top quality!
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i'm not worried about sizing. i've broken enough of the taiwan pots to never want to buy another one. problem solved.
i just made a sbp account because of this one issue, lol.
 
I’ve been through hundreds of SBP pots and NEVER had a problem. The very first LMS pot I installed didn’t work. It couldve just been a cold solder joint I don’t know as I haven’t tried to reflow it because I’m not sure if im gonna house the pedal. I just thought it was bad timing for LMS and I’ve never had that happen on a SBP order.

You can’t beat SBP customer service either. I recently had an order missing some IC’s. I emailed them and they immediately sent replacements. Unfortunately the replacements were damaged in shipping. I emailed them again and they second day aired the new replacements!
 
I've used 16mm and 9mm pots from all the vendors listed they're all drop in replacements for one another at a given size and all work really well. I do comparison shop between them when purchasing to see who gets the business and lately it's been SBP.
 
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