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How to fade trousers

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`Prolly an old subject.... BUT !!!
Ihave a pair of Dot 44 troos that need to be aged. I`ve washed the buggers, had `em out to dry in the open... used Biotex. Still no joy.
How the hell am I going to het them to a low down sh*tty state ????

All help appreciated !
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Post by warren »

i. don't wash them - ever!
ii. wear then when your hands are dirty - wipe 'em on your trousers.

i wore my trousers until they had to be surgically removed and then put down they were that ragged - but i was told they looked 'oorfentik'.
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best way to age them. go outside. make some mud. shove dot pants into mud and get real nice and dirty (yes completely in the mud!!) leave them sit for a little bit. take them out. leave sit outside in sun till dry. then beat of dirt. dont be afraid to shove your uniform in the mudd (you can always beat the dirt off and it makes your uniform look more in. and take a knife and put a tear or 2 in the uniform (wear spots) and then sew them up. you would have worn these for weeks and weeks and weeks

here are some pics of me wearing my dot.
(tunic was done with dirt method- trouser just worn at home and when working)


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LOL
caution tape - beware - man in smelly dirty uniform ;)
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Stuff things in the pockets so they go baggy and out of shape! Sleep in them to get the extra fine creases! Stand in the rain so the collar and pocket tab corners curl up! Wipe your dirty hands and utensils on your sleeves, jacket hem or trousers at every opportunity!


You get the general idea... not so much fading as submerging the pattern in an accumulated dark layer of dirt...

:D :D
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Post by Liebstandarte »

Cheers fella`s.

I was looking for a quick fix, but Just as I thought. (Shoulda stamped them in the ground at beltring !)

Regards :D
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Post by andy d »

Liebstandarte wrote:Cheers fella`s.

I was looking for a quick fix, but Just as I thought. (Shoulda stamped them in the ground at beltring !)

Regards :D
You would never have found them in the quagmire
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Post by Hoffman Grink »

Go to a tanning salon - Select a 700 bed and leave them there for three hours.... Go back and turn them over - Leave for three more hours....

I saw a bird the other week who had had a spray tan..... She kitted off and I jumped a mile!!!!
"What's your effing problem?" she said (Classy bird like)
"Nowt" Says I "It's just that tan is so streaky I thought a tiger had got into the room!"

Needless to say I didn't get that shag I'd been promised!!!! :roll:
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Post by Alex288 »

Mud & Muck, brown boot polish and all things nasty, if you have to wash and wash too fade out use DAZ, it it is aggresive if used for a few washes.
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Post by Crazy Feldgendarme »

Alternatively just go to Beltring on a wet year walk to the beer tent and roll around on the floor for a few minutes seemed to work for most there. :o :lol: :) :wink:
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Post by stefan »

The dot 44 uniform officialy came into issue in March 44 and was surposed
to be withdrawn too stores in winter and been re-issued in spring 45

though photo evidence of Ardens shows otherwise

in a nut shell it only existed for just over a year
so unless you want to do Berlin 45 the chances are your pea dotts would
look quite new

the only thing to add would be dirt
in my opinion all this "its got to look 60 years old to be authentic" is Bollo*ks

I remember a veteran on a program who was captured on D Day + 1
who was taken back though the lines of the 12th SS
He said all he remembers is being taken past columns off well equiped soldiers all dressed in brand new kit and it shocked him because in
England he had been told the Nazis had nothing left and were a spent
force who were ill equiped

so a bit of dirt and some rips and repairs for well worn field look but
the colours would be unfaded its only months old not years
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

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The dot 44 uniform officialy came into issue in March 44 and was surposed
to be withdrawn too stores in winter and been re-issued in spring 45

though photo evidence of Ardens shows otherwise

in a nut shell it only existed for just over a year
so unless you want to do Berlin 45 the chances are your pea dotts would
look quite new

the only thing to add would be dirt
in my opinion all this "its got to look 60 years old to be authentic" is Bollo*ks

I remember a veteran on a program who was captured on D Day + 1
who was taken back though the lines of the 12th SS
He said all he remembers is being taken past columns off well equiped soldiers all dressed in brand new kit and it shocked him because in
England he had been told the Nazis had nothing left and were a spent
force who were ill equiped

so a bit of dirt and some rips and repairs for well worn filed look but
the colours would be unfaded its only months old not years
Untrue, there was no such thing as colorfast dye in the 40's and after a good rain and a good hard workout they would have bled white(Really) If you look at pics of SS-HJ you will see that their uniforms had faded rediculously over the shot period they were in action, tough weather+ HBT + non colorfast dye = very faded unforms
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Jugendkrieger wrote:
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

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The dot 44 uniform officialy came into issue in March 44 and was surposed
to be withdrawn too stores in winter and been re-issued in spring 45

though photo evidence of Ardens shows otherwise

in a nut shell it only existed for just over a year
so unless you want to do Berlin 45 the chances are your pea dotts would
look quite new

the only thing to add would be dirt
in my opinion all this "its got to look 60 years old to be authentic" is Bollo*ks

I remember a veteran on a program who was captured on D Day + 1
who was taken back though the lines of the 12th SS
He said all he remembers is being taken past columns off well equiped soldiers all dressed in brand new kit and it shocked him because in
England he had been told the Nazis had nothing left and were a spent
force who were ill equiped

so a bit of dirt and some rips and repairs for well worn filed look but
the colours would be unfaded its only months old not years
Untrue, there was no such thing as colorfast dye in the 40's and after a good rain and a good hard workout they would have bled white(Really) If you look at pics of SS-HJ you will see that their uniforms had faded rediculously over the shot period they were in action, tough weather+ HBT + non colorfast dye = very faded unforms
Easy there young fella,tough weather...?do you mean rain and wind? HBT....?you mean the hard wearing cotton material loved by many armies over the years? and colourfast dye....? who mentioned that?
The previous post is spot on, camo stuff being dished out out at that point in the war would look peachy and brand spanking new, and it was made to last, no matter what the ebay rogues and vagabonds say.
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Post by Jugendkrieger »

I dissagree. but i gues it will remain that way
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Jugendkrieger wrote:Untrue, there was no such thing as colorfast dye in the 40's
:shock: What is your reference for this statement? So how do you account for the thousands and thousands of original uniform items, plain and camouflaged, that still retain their colour after over 60 years? Colorfast dyes have been around for thousands of years, mate, not just decades ;) Add to that the fact that camouflage materials didn't use dyes, they used oil and spirit based printing inks, which will not wash out with just a bit of rain. Stick them through a washing machine 50 times, on a hot wash with detergent, and they will fade, but they certainly don't wash out to white :?
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