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One of the deformations that I saw, was done by Dave at Imperial. I'm not knocking his quality of work. It could have been his first time, and he may have learned by now. Fortunately, the deformation was minor and I was able to repair it without major effect to the rest of the fitment.
Also, be sure the insides are fully masked out, or you're going to have a hell of a time removing all the enamel from the functioning mechanisms. These small parts all work within a very small level of tolerance (hundredths of an inch). Even if 0.010" of enamel got on to each side of a mold, that extra 0.020" of thickness will affect fitment. Pistol receivers require much more level of accuracy than many of the carbine receivers that are done by him and shown on the forums.
I had an issue with the piece that Dave did for me, but that could be because the precision components I use are accurate to 0.001" in tolerance. He'd missed a few areas to be masked out, and even with a bit of mis-spray in to some areas, it created some problems - this was solvable with some filing, but it was hours of added labour that I didn't want to have to do. I know the inner workings of the gun better than he does, so I know which areas to mask, and which not to. My lesson away from this, is that I will mask any interiors for him from now on.
At the end of the day, he offers a good service for a very reasonable price.
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