[Milsurplus] OT? marking uniforms

[Rob Flory]

Hi,

Can someone assist me in identifying an appropriate substance for stencilling names on a Navy uniform?

Per 1963 edition of Bluejackets Manual:  "black marking fluid for white clothes and chambray shirts and white fluid for blue clothes and dungaree trousers".

Most immediate need is for Vietnam-era uniform but also looking for something that will look right on WWII-era uniforms.  

Vietnam-era Chambray calls for last name only above left pocket, although I have also seen pictures of men with service number below name.  Sort of funny that 1963 Bluejacket manual says, "shall be made with 1/2-inch stencil and may not be larger than 1-inch".  Guess some wiggle room in there though the first part of that statement seems definitive.  Guess that's the military way.  One friend told me that many things that were presented in boot camp as "the way its always done" were never seen again after boot camp.

WWII calls for the name on the back of the Chambray shirt, maybe with first initial.  

Rob