How Much Cleaning...?

Doubs · 03-03-2004, 04:40 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Herb:
One thing that has me puzzled though is the talk about the inside of the frames being 'in the white'. Every one of my Lugers that otherwise show no indication of a reblue or refinish is blued internally. I have yet to see one 'in the white'.<hr /></blockquote>If it's an Imperial-era Luger or made before the time Mauser went to salt bluing, the interior of the frame, the underside and interior of the slide rails should be "in the white". Salt bluing is a dip process whereas rust blue was applied by hand and the interior was left in it's original state..... unblued. There may be some exceptions but I don't know what they'd be.

03-03-2004, 04:40 PM	#3
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,743 Thanks: 828 Thanked 1,790 Times in 591 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Herb: <strong>One thing that has me puzzled though is the talk about the inside of the frames being 'in the white'. Every one of my Lugers that otherwise show no indication of a reblue or refinish is blued internally. I have yet to see one 'in the white'.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">If it's an Imperial-era Luger or made before the time Mauser went to salt bluing, the interior of the frame, the underside and interior of the slide rails should be "in the white". Salt bluing is a dip process whereas rust blue was applied by hand and the interior was left in it's original state..... unblued. There may be some exceptions but I don't know what they'd be.