# Screen uniforms look shabby **URL:** \ **Category:** Uniforms\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176 "2010-02-26T10:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![benjaminp1985](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@benjaminp1985](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/benjaminp1985)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/1 "2010-02-26T10:03:56Z")
Why is it that the original ghosbuster uniforms used in the movies look… ratty? The patches are all fraying and the fabric just looks fuzzy… I LOVE IT! I don’t care for the crisp, clean, perfect uniforms i’ve seen people wearing… i prefer the weathered look. Is anyone with me? Anyone make any uniforms that look well-used? Show some pictures… and explain what did you do to make them that way… ---
**Author:** ![RuBain](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/rubain/32/6003_2.png) [@RuBain](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/RuBain)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/2 "2010-02-26T17:21:50Z")
Buy a used nomex, wash w/ patches on numerous times. Not much else I can really say or show, a used nomex (at least mine) looked pretty used already. ---
**Author:** ![enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@enchanted\_unicorn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/enchanted_unicorn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/3 "2010-02-26T18:34:50Z")
Me and **\*\*all \*\*** the guys on here are with you Benjamin. Rubies [flight suits](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/uniform) all the way man! Let’s hear it gentlemen! ---
**Author:** ![kind2311](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kind2311/32/186582_2.png) [@kind2311](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kind2311)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/4 "2010-02-26T19:02:13Z")
i too like to see weathered uniforms, but the screen-used suits in GB1 were not ratty or falling apart. nor were the patches. In fact they were practically new seeing as they were custom made for the film. They use powders like fullers earth, charcoal, and other foreign substances(i.e. shaving cream or fake slime) to dirty the suit. ---
**Author:** ![Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/ron_daniels/32/12_2.png) [@Ron\_Daniels](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ron_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/5 "2010-02-27T01:05:39Z")
> [@kind2311](#): > > i too like to see weathered uniforms, but the screen-used suits in GB1 were not ratty or falling apart. nor were the patches. In fact they were practically new seeing as they were custom made for the film. They use powders like fullers earth, charcoal, and other foreign substances(i.e. shaving cream or fake slime) to dirty the suit. Ditto for [Ghostbusters 2](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/FAQ/ghostbusters-2). ---
**Author:** ![GB\_Ty](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@GB\_Ty](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/GB_Ty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/6 "2010-02-27T04:11:52Z")
If you want it weathered, buy a used suit, can’t get much easer. ---
**Author:** ![benjaminp1985](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@benjaminp1985](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/benjaminp1985)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/7 "2010-02-27T06:05:04Z")
I’ve already purchased a used nomex suit, worn in by the US Army. I’m not asking where or how to find a used suit. Just bringing up the point that i like the used looking uniforms in the movie… down to the frayed name patches ---
**Author:** ![WebChief](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@WebChief](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/WebChief)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/screen-uniforms-look-shabby/27176/8 "2010-03-30T14:24:09Z")
I agree with weathering your costume. It adds to the realism of it. None of the ones in the movie looked like they just bought them… they all were weathered, wrinkled and lived in.