SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4986848 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I tend to cut my loses and buy new uniforms after the polling gets bad, even if the uniform is relatively new. I just use them as field uniforms or motor pool Monday uniforms mostly. I’ve tried cutting the pilling off but I can get only so close. I’ve shaved the pilling but to make it look nice and fresh it won’t hold patches. If I want it to hold patches it seems I can’t shave it to look too terribly nice. Is there anything y’all do that can help mitigate/fix this pilling issue? 2019-09-03T13:51:08-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4986848

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I tend to cut my loses and buy new uniforms after the polling gets bad, even if the uniform is relatively new. I just use them as field uniforms or motor pool Monday uniforms mostly. I’ve tried cutting the pilling off but I can get only so close. I’ve shaved the pilling but to make it look nice and fresh it won’t hold patches. If I want it to hold patches it seems I can’t shave it to look too terribly nice. Is there anything y’all do that can help mitigate/fix this pilling issue?

2019-09-03T13:51:08-04:00 2019-09-03T13:51:08-04:00 Cpl Andrew Tucker 4986874

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Write the GAO and have them tell the DoD to get rid of all Velcro on the utilities. Velcro is about as tactical as glow belts.

2019-09-03T14:01:57-04:00 2019-09-03T14:01:57-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 4986875

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I burn the pilling down. Have to be careful not to melt it to itself or patches wont stick. Or you could cut off the velcro and get new velcro sewn on.

2019-09-03T14:02:06-04:00 2019-09-03T14:02:06-04:00 CW5 Jack Cardwell 4986899

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Most sewing shops will replace the Velcro.

2019-09-03T14:10:12-04:00 2019-09-03T14:10:12-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4986912

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I can’t recommend a solution for removing pilling once it has occurred. However, to prevent pilling, I advise my Soldier’s to leave all patches on, pull sleeves inside out, turn blouses inside out, and then zip them up for laundering. Only after coming out of the dryer should the blouse be returned to its correct state.<br /><br />My Velcro has always held up exceptionally well by doing this, both on my old UCPs and my new OCPs. And, as an added bonus, your patches won’t tear off as easily!

2019-09-03T14:13:51-04:00 2019-09-03T14:13:51-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 4987030

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I sometimes use a lighter to minimize the “fluff” of the Velcro. And I agree with SGT Ingram, wash your uniforms inside-out.

2019-09-03T14:50:47-04:00 2019-09-03T14:50:47-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 4987349

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have success using a fine brush like a dog grooming brush to comb out the velcro

2019-09-03T16:22:00-04:00 2019-09-03T16:22:00-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 4987446

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have one uniform I have Velcro still on. I turn it inside out and remove all patches and I don’t wash it with anything else. I also hang it up to dry. Mine has been through the washer a few cycles with no issues this way. <br /><br />My other 3 sets of uniforms I just did the uniform builder and had them sew everything on. Once I need to change the rank on the front I can just cut the thread lose and sew the new rank on myself.

2019-09-03T16:55:30-04:00 2019-09-03T16:55:30-04:00 1SG Frank Boynton 4987852

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That’s funny. Of course when I served we didn’t have Velcro. However is about the least tactical thing the Army could have done. I was a Senior Instructor in the I Corps NCO Academy. I taught PLDC. We spent two weeks on Ross Hill teaching small unit leadership, land navigation and patrolling. We had a base camp that we lived out of. Part of the training was to defend the base camp 24x7. To make a long story short, I’d take a squad of aggressors and outside the wire I made them draw a diagram of the perimeter. All you had to do was sit a while and wait for the people on duty to rip the Velcro off their watches to tell the time. Seriously. Every position could me marked on a map simply by listening. By the end of the course not one single soldier was wearing a Velcro watch.

2019-09-03T19:33:49-04:00 2019-09-03T19:33:49-04:00 MSgt Neil Greenfield 4988199

<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-365833"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-is-your-trick-to-get-rid-of-pilling-on-uniform-velcro%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+is+your+trick+to+get+rid+of+pilling+on+uniform+Velcro%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-is-your-trick-to-get-rid-of-pilling-on-uniform-velcro&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat is your trick to get rid of pilling on uniform Velcro?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-is-your-trick-to-get-rid-of-pilling-on-uniform-velcro" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="c31001c8176cea161b4e29afae6bad7c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/365/833/for_gallery_v2/7d2921a.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/365/833/large_v3/7d2921a.jpeg" alt="7d2921a" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-365834"><a class="fancybox" rel="c31001c8176cea161b4e29afae6bad7c" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/365/834/for_gallery_v2/923b02c.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/365/834/thumb_v2/923b02c.jpeg" alt="923b02c" /></a></div></div>G.I. Issue Sewing Kit: $10.99<br /><br />Supply of velcro for uniforms: $5.99<br /><br />Not hard to do and not rocket science.

2019-09-03T21:48:07-04:00 2019-09-03T21:48:07-04:00 LTC Jason Mackay 4988305

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I hung dry my uniforms. You can replace the velcro if the uniform is good

2019-09-03T22:14:38-04:00 2019-09-03T22:14:38-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4992990

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Get them sewn on.

2019-09-05T06:52:39-04:00 2019-09-05T06:52:39-04:00 SPC John Waisman 4994430

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I actually figured that out; it&#39;s using your fingers, not some tool. Honest. Try it.

2019-09-05T13:02:47-04:00 2019-09-05T13:02:47-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 4995145

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I take mine to alterations ftobget a new Velcro sewn on

2019-09-05T16:19:52-04:00 2019-09-05T16:19:52-04:00 SSG Charles La Porte (RET) 5004326

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just bought enough patches &amp; name/US Army tapes for all my uniforms.

2019-09-08T13:59:22-04:00 2019-09-08T13:59:22-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 5206433

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Air dry only. My OCPs never go in a dryer and I usually retire them with the Velcro still looking fresh, the material fades and tears first.

2019-11-05T23:10:55-05:00 2019-11-05T23:10:55-05:00 2019-09-03T13:51:08-04:00