MIL-DTL-82168C(MC)
3.3.11 Wigan. The material for reinforcing the bottom edge of
the sleeves and sleeve ornament shall be cloth, cotton, wigan,
2.5 ounces, conforming to A-A-52097.
3.3.12 Thread.
3.3.12.1. Silk thread. The silk thread shall conform to
A-A-50196 as follows, except the requirements for extractable
matter shall not apply.
Use
Type
Ticket No.
Ply
Bartacks and all outside seaming
I
A
3
and stretching.
I
O
3
Machine felling.
I
B and F
3
Making buttonholes in coat.
2
Hand felling and hand sewing.
III
C
3.3.12.2. Cotton thread.
The cotton thread shall conform to
A-A-52094 as follows:
Use
Type
Ticket No.
Ply
All inside seaming and stitching.
III
A
3
Serging and overedge stitching.
I
70
2
Machine tacking armholes and
I
70
3
sewing on buttons.
The thread for basting shall be good commercial grade cotton. As
an alternate to the cotton thread, a polyester core, cotton or
polyester covered thread conforming to A-A-50199, ticket No. 50,
2-ply or ticket No. 70, 2-ply may be used.
3.3.12.3. Color and colorfastness. All thread shall be scarlet,
shade W, cable No. 66050, except the silk thread for stitching on
the braid shall be yellow; the cotton thread for basting and
machine tacking armholes may be white; and the cotton thread for
overedge stitching the piping at the bottom edge of the class 1
coats shall be white. The colored threads shall show the
following colorfastness when tested as specified in the
applicable thread specification (see DoD Standard Color Card of
Official Standardized Shades for Sewing Threads 1968).
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