[Milsurplus] OT? marking uniforms

[B. Smith]

Use a "stencil", and a "stencil brush", ink is best.
Arts and Crafts stores have the supplies such as AC Moore.
Also look for the Stencil kits that contain block letters.



73 breck k4che


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <robandpj at earthlink.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] OT? marking uniforms


| Rob,
|
| I remember the ball-point squeeze tubes Dennis mentions and my opinion of
| them is at least as bad as his.  When I went to boot camp, the Company had 
a
| stencil cutting machine and a setup like a minature of the paint roller 
and
| tray commonly used for interior water-based wall and ceiling paint.  I'm
| sure that there are other places, too, but you can buy the white and black
| stencil ink, the roller, and maybe the tray from McMaster.  Before you 
order the
| supplies, be sure you know someone with an appropriate stencil cutting
| machine.  McMaster sells those too but you'd best be sitting down when you 
look
| at the price.
|
| There was an industry back then that sold pre-stenciled sew-on name strips
| in various colors but I doubt anyone still does the chambray.  For Vietnam
| era, you might still be able to order green today.  Try the NEX and AAFES 
web
| sites.
|
| Another possibility than stenciling, if you only have one or two names to
| use, is a rubber stamp.  But you will still need the stencil ink.  Don't 
use
| office-type stamp pad ink.  It is very slow drying, and on a hard surface,
| can generally always be smeared.
|
| In a message dated 5/29/2009 7:08:56 AM Central Daylight Time,
| robandpj at earthlink.net writes:
| > 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.
| >
|
| Robert Downs - Houston
| wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
| MVPA 9480
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