How to Make New Uniform Buttons Look Older??

[44thIndiana]

I just got a Richmond Depot Type III jacket with bright and shiny brass buttons. How can you make them take on the brownish look as if the uniform had been in use?

[doughboy]

wear it. Uniforms were issued with new buttons. Believe me, they will tarnish quickly enough

[50th VA Corporal]

I just got a Richmond Depot Type III jacket with bright and shiny brass buttons. How can you make them take on the brownish look as if the uniform had been in use?

Your best bet is to just wear the uniform and time will give the buttons the patina naturally. Remember that the orginal cast had at one time new uniforms with shiny new buttons.

[FloridaHoosier]

Uniforms were issued with new buttons. They would have appeared new, so new buttons on a repro uniform are perfectly fine. This topic comes up on occasion and turns into a whirlwind of time wasting back and forth about what chemicals, human waste, and other substances can artificially age a button. Do yourself (and the moderators here) a favor and age them the way they did - wear them in the field or polish them in garrison.