Can anyone explain this?

[snoberg]

After just test fitting and wearing a few pieces here and there, NO trooping, my shiny new suit of AP seems to discolor quite easily around the edges. The edges have been sanded, so they are not glossy like the rest of the suit, so maybe that has something to do with it? My undersuit is a one piece and cotton. Would sanding the edges to a finer grit and polishing them prevent this? I just fear that if it is this bad after only an hour or two of total wear, by the time I get trooping I am going to have black edges on my armor :/

 

Maybe washing my undersuit to get any leftover residue from the dying process off of it? I am kind of at a loss. Halp!

 

***EDIT***

I went over a piece with a razor and trimmed off the sanded edge, just a sliver. I romped around in my torso for a while and it seems to retain its white color now. I guess leaving a sanded edge rubbing against a undersuit will leave it looking like crap. False alarm!

 

Edited July 22, 2010 by snoberg

[pandatrooper[TK]]

I think it's your cotton suit doing this.

 

I've had 3 sets of armor now, 2 ABS and 1 HIPS while wearing an Underarmor style suit with no issues, and I've been trooping a lot lately. There's always going to be a little wear and tear on the edges but the discoloration seems to me like it's coming from your suit.

[Shooter]

I've found that after trooping (especially if I can't get my gear out of the bag quickly) that my armor does yellow around the peaks. It is a quick fix with Novus polish tho. Hope that helps.