How to clean???

sovvisor · 05-13-2004, 12:56 PM

Hi
I wonder, does anyone know how to clean shoulderboards when the oxide from silverbullion has come on the goldthread? There must be some of you who have the same problem. I must not affect the thread itself.

Dave · 05-13-2004, 03:42 PM

I can't think of any way to do it without damaging the thread. I'm always open to hear what others have to say though...

--Dave

vikingraider1 · 05-13-2004, 05:15 PM

Personally if it was a very old board I would leave it. As Dave says it would almost certainly damamge the bullion thread.
If it was a M1969 board they shouldn't be too hard to find to replace ;)

DougD · 05-13-2004, 07:18 PM

if you try to clean, don't expect major changes and DON'T OVER DO IT.

Use distilled water, very little detergent in it, and cotton. Do it ver lighlty and get ready to speand along time.

I have done this with a few of my old uniforms.

Only do it if you have to; age is a GOOD thing on an old uniform.

DougD

05-13-2004, 12:56 PM	#1
sovvisor Bearer of the Red Star Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Uppsala Swden Age: 49 Posts: 229	How to clean??? Hi I wonder, does anyone know how to clean shoulderboards when the oxide from silverbullion has come on the goldthread? There must be some of you who have the same problem. I must not affect the thread itself. __________________ sovvisor

05-13-2004, 05:15 PM	#3
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Personally if it was a very old board I would leave it. As Dave says it would almost certainly damamge the bullion thread. If it was a M1969 board they shouldn't be too hard to find to replace ;) __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

05-13-2004, 07:18 PM	#4
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	ok, here goes... if you try to clean, don't expect major changes and DON'T OVER DO IT. Use distilled water, very little detergent in it, and cotton. Do it ver lighlty and get ready to speand along time. I have done this with a few of my old uniforms. Only do it if you have to; age is a GOOD thing on an old uniform. DougD

05-13-2004, 03:42 PM	#2
Dave Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 700	I can't think of any way to do it without damaging the thread. I'm always open to hear what others have to say though... --Dave

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