Bought a new regulator just noticing it has a fingernail deep scratch/nick on first stage, will this be a problem with rust or anything in the future

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I would be more worried about the hose protectors then about the scratch. 😇

They catch dirt and salt, they hide damage, sometimes they make the hose routing weird and most important > they look silly.
 
@Angelo Farina , what he said, and he may be of the three smartest persons on Scubaboard! *(none of the three include me BTW to be clear :) )

With what has been going on with AL over the last several years and the sale off 100% to an investment group after the prior company (CEO) had been sucking cash out I doubt employees are highly motivated. There is always Atomic and need I say :stirpot: :



I bet if the OP returns and gets another it will have similar "features" and without a better photo I am still going to say that both marks are pre-chroming and are either casting or machine tool CNC marks of no consequence to the function or longevity of the regulator.

The amount of torque on a HP or LP hose is minimal. Seat it and a 1/16 to 1/8 turn. Pliers, Channel Locks, Crescent style wrench (the Knipex is not a Crescent wrench) Ford wrenches, Snapon "Flank" drive open ends and other assorted tools are strictly forbidden.
Agreed, but if the mark on the reg is from a tool mark there was plenty of torque applied.
 
The process… To many inspection points to miss a gouge like the one in the OP’s.

:). I do not believe the marks have anything to do with post plating process damage or over torque of the LP hose.

But a better photo is what we need, I could be wrong. While I was not involved in regulator manufacturing I am very familiar as a (retired) field service engineer dealing with precision aircraft components found with damage or defect despite extensive inspection. Excrement happens. Thing is here, I think it is probably considered acceptable by AL and getting another it might have very similar cosmetic machine tool marks, which is what I now think those marks are.
 
I saw a mermaid, is this normal?
Freud says it's your mother.

I'm thinking this thread has run its course.
 

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