MIL-DTL-82189C(MC)
3.3.13.2.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 sewing
I
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3
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.
3.3.13.3.Color and colorfastness. All thread shall be black
shade for class 1 coats and scarlet, shade W, cable No. 66040 for
class 2 coats, except the silk thread for stitching the braid
shall be yellow and the cotton thread for tacking the sleeve
lining, hand felling facing to interlining, and basting and
machine tacking armholes may be white. The colored thread shall
show the following colorfastness when tested as specified in the
applicable thread specification (see DoD Standard Color Card of
Standardized Shades For Sewing Threads 1968).
Thread
Color
Wet (dry) cleaning
Light
Cotton
Scarlet
Good
-
Silk
Scarlet
Fair
Fair
Silk
Black
Good
Good
3.3.14 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 black for class 1 coats and
scarlet, shade W, cable No. 66040 for class 2 coats and shall
show good fastness to wet (dry) cleaning.
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