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11-22-2008, 07:22 PM
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Shiney Gold Buttons
This last Thursday we wore our uniforms and I just noticed that everyone elses gold buttons on their Class A jackets are alot shinier than mines, how do I get them this way? Thanks in advance.
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C/2LT LET III Bravo Company Raider C/CMDR Armed and Unarmed Drill 
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#3
11-22-2008, 11:25 PM
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If I were you, I would take one of my buddies aside and inquire about his or her route to success re: shiny goodness.
Barring that, I would search the Internet.
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#4
11-23-2008, 01:29 PM
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And in responce to Drill's (deleted) comment about it being a new Class A, it's the same jacket Cadet, just with a different type of button. And FYI, it's also the same type of button found on the Dress Blue's.
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 "The truth is sometimes so precious that it must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies" - Winston Churchill "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington Politically Incorrect since 1986
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#5
11-23-2008, 02:40 PM
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 . But I'm going to try brasso on one of the removable pocket buttons (the one my medal covers, just in case  )
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C/2LT LET III Bravo Company Raider C/CMDR Armed and Unarmed Drill
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#6
11-23-2008, 03:29 PM
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Some of the buttons are made that way.
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Battalion Executive Officer Color Guard Commander Flag Detail Commander P.T. Team Commander Orienteering Commander Honor Guard CO-Commander Sabre Drill Team CO-Commander Master of Ceremonies
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#7
11-23-2008, 04:02 PM
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They are probably 'Sta-Brite' buttons: http://www.iragreen.com/view/17/
However, you can Brasso the standard buttons. The problem is that the Brasso gets in all the little lines and it is tough to get them cleaned up. Also, once you Brasso something you have to do it routinely or they turn green, especially if you don't get all the brasso out of the little cracks and crannies. An Old Guard officer taught me this trick for buttons: Attach your button to a drill, and spin the button into a brasso soaked cloth. You get an incredible shine very quickly. The Old Guard guys actually do this to the point that the buttons get worn way down and the detail gets blurred. They get sort of an antique look to them. They do the same thing with their medals.
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#8
11-24-2008, 11:03 AM
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It is just a special type of button.Ask your SASI or your ASI they might have some in supply. I know that's what it was like in my unit. You will have to sew them on yourself though. If you aren't very good at it you may want to ask for help or you will have to re-sew them.
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Graduated from Parris Island: 2nd Battalion Golf Company Platoon 2050
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11-24-2008, 07:37 PM
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Armed Drill Addict I talked to my SAI and AI today about these buttons and they said that we don't have them only the newer units are getting them.
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11-24-2008, 08:05 PM
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It's not a unit to unit basis on who gets the uniforms. I'm pretty sure if your instructors ordered uniforms through the supply channels you would probably get uniforms with the Sta-Brite buttons on them. Or like I said earlier, be one of those hooah's who goes out and buys the better looking items then looks different from the rest.
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"The truth is sometimes so precious that it must be surrounded by a bodyguard of lies" - Winston Churchill "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington Politically Incorrect since 1986
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