Proper maintenance of 1900 luger - Page 2

lugerholsterrepair · 08-25-2012, 11:06 PM

0000 steel wool AND OIL! NEVER use it without OIL. Used alone it will harm the finish. Used with OIL it will not unless you go crazy and rub it for long periods.

SOME of the reddish tinge you may see in bright light on a pistol of this period IS the blue! Rust blue is just that.

skeeter4206 · 08-25-2012, 11:16 PM

Thats interesting about the rust bluing. I Learned something new tonight. Cause most of the redish areas on the gun under a light does not have an exfoliation or scaling of the basemetal. Now around the crest the pitting does look like its got some rust in the bottom of the pits as seen with the digitalpics I took today and looked at on my computer.

08-25-2012, 11:06 PM	#1
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	0000 steel wool AND OIL! NEVER use it without OIL. Used alone it will harm the finish. Used with OIL it will not unless you go crazy and rub it for long periods. SOME of the reddish tinge you may see in bright light on a pistol of this period IS the blue! Rust blue is just that. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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08-25-2012, 11:16 PM	#2
skeeter4206 User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Augusta, GA Posts: 448 Thanks: 52 Thanked 88 Times in 49 Posts	Thats interesting about the rust bluing. I Learned something new tonight. Cause most of the redish areas on the gun under a light does not have an exfoliation or scaling of the basemetal. Now around the crest the pitting does look like its got some rust in the bottom of the pits as seen with the digitalpics I took today and looked at on my computer.