MIL-DTL-82172D(MC)
3.3.14.2. 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
II
24
4
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.
3.3.14.3. Color and colorfastness. All thread shall be scarlet,
shade W, cable No. 66040, except the cotton thread for basting
and machine tacking armholes may be white. The cotton thread for
overedge stitching the piping at the bottom edge of the coat
shall be black. The colored thread 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).
Thread
Color
Wet (dry) cleaning
Light
Cotton
Scarlet
Good
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Silk
Scarlet
Fair
Fair
Silk
Black
Good
Good
3.3.15 Gimp. The buttonhole gimp shall be cotton, ticket No. 8,
soft or glazed finish, conforming to type I or II of A-A-50198.
The color of the gimp shall be scarlet, shade W, cable No. 66040,
and shall show good fastness to wet (dry) cleaning.
3.3.16 Ornamental braid. The ornamental braid for the coat
fronts shall conform to the following requirements:
Cover
Material (covering)
Metal thread
Color of wire
Light gold
Metal wire (undercoating)
Silver and copper
Plating material
Gold
Winding thread
Two ply white or yellow cotton
thread
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