White Crust (rust?) on new chain after stripping process

Hey all,
Curious if anyone has any insight into what happened here.

I followed the mineral spirits, degreaser, alcohol process and then upon drying out, this white crust started to form on some of the links.

A bit of searching is suggesting a zinc hydroxide rust? It’s very superficial and scratches off easily.

Any harm to chain integrity? What can be done to avoid this from happening again?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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