White Markings or No?

Brownie · 05-21-2007, 09:56 PM

Like many of you, I have bought some Lugers with the markings whited and others with virgin markings. Now I have a motley mixture and in order to make my collection more uniform, don't know whether to "laquer up"; remove whiting; or just leave my mongrel collection as it stands.

The white markings are definitely easier to photograph and are easier for those of us with worsening eyesight. However as pointed out earlier, they also mask boosted markings, aren't original, etc.

My questions are simply this:

1. Do you laquer/whiten the markings on your collectables?
2. Do you laquer/whiten the markings on your shooters?
3. If you answered "yes" to 1 or 2, what do you use?
4. What are the upsides?
5. What are the downsides?

05-21-2007, 09:56 PM	#1
Brownie User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 42 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	White Markings or No? Like many of you, I have bought some Lugers with the markings whited and others with virgin markings. Now I have a motley mixture and in order to make my collection more uniform, don't know whether to "laquer up"; remove whiting; or just leave my mongrel collection as it stands. The white markings are definitely easier to photograph and are easier for those of us with worsening eyesight. However as pointed out earlier, they also mask boosted markings, aren't original, etc. My questions are simply this: 1. Do you laquer/whiten the markings on your collectables? 2. Do you laquer/whiten the markings on your shooters? 3. If you answered "yes" to 1 or 2, what do you use? 4. What are the upsides? 5. What are the downsides?