Have you made your own mask?

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pinkbutterfly66 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:54 pm
Anonymous 1 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:12 pm Have any of you ladies made non-medical masks for yourselves? Since thats the recommendation now I guess I need to figure out how to make some. I've seen they should be 100% cotton on one website but I'm not sure why. Any suggestions?
Huffpost has a link on the two mask styles. You need a liner that is water resistant. But something that is easy to breathe through. Dryer sheets I think was mentioned on one site and last night I tested swiffer dusting sheets and they definitely repel water and are breathable. But you need to test them with the cotton fabric as well. And ideally the filter part would be easily removable but still fit close to your face. I read last night, somewhere that they're now recommending the fabric type reusable grocery bags because they're breathable and water resistant. But the goal of the mask is protect others from you, not really protect you from the virus. So in that vein, two pieces of 100% quilter's cloth has tested as the best. Just make sure you preshrink it before you cut the mask out to make.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-m ... d9f5d628e8
https://www.kalcounty.com/hcs/pdf_files ... attern.pdf
https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask- ... sk-pattern
HEPA filter vacuum bags make them "almost" as good as medical grade. There's a tutorial out there somewhere. The doctor gives the talk on the virus and then his wife does the mask tutorial using the bags.
Better than cotton which is used because of the fine weave. You use multiple layers so that the weave cross sects eachother limiting the holes that the virus can get through.
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I've made 2 dozen masks for our local hospital. They are washable fabric, and have an interior pocket where they can insert the medical grade filter paper.

Also made them for ourselves and extended family members. We wear them whenever we leave home. It will definitely help prevent you spreading the virus if you have it but may not know it. And if everyone was wearing them that could slow the spread significantly.

BTW - for those who do have N-95 masks, Stanford study finds you can reuse them by heating in 158° oven for 30 min. to kill the virus.
https://news.stanford.edu/2020/04/01/re ... n95-masks/
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Anonymous 2 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:27 pm I heard those masks were basically useless so I haven't yet. Is the recommendation from the cdc?
They are supposed to protect others from you. They aren't useless.
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pinkbutterfly66 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:54 pm
Anonymous 1 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:12 pm Have any of you ladies made non-medical masks for yourselves? Since thats the recommendation now I guess I need to figure out how to make some. I've seen they should be 100% cotton on one website but I'm not sure why. Any suggestions?
Huffpost has a link on the two mask styles. You need a liner that is water resistant. But something that is easy to breathe through. Dryer sheets I think was mentioned on one site and last night I tested swiffer dusting sheets and they definitely repel water and are breathable. But you need to test them with the cotton fabric as well. And ideally the filter part would be easily removable but still fit close to your face. I read last night, somewhere that they're now recommending the fabric type reusable grocery bags because they're breathable and water resistant. But the goal of the mask is protect others from you, not really protect you from the virus. So in that vein, two pieces of 100% quilter's cloth has tested as the best. Just make sure you preshrink it before you cut the mask out to make.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-m ... d9f5d628e8
https://www.kalcounty.com/hcs/pdf_files ... attern.pdf
https://www.craftpassion.com/face-mask- ... sk-pattern
HEPA filter vacuum bags make them "almost" as good as medical grade. There's a tutorial out there somewhere. The doctor gives the talk on the virus and then his wife does the mask tutorial using the bags.
Better than cotton which is used because of the fine weave. You use multiple layers so that the weave cross sects eachother limiting the holes that the virus can get through.
I read somewhere I think on the filter site that they're not all that easy to breath through. I haven't tried tbh.
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Anonymous 7 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pm
Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?
It lowers the chance of you spreading it
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AngelicUnicorn wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:53 pm
Anonymous 7 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pm
Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?
All the articles I have read about this latest recommendation say it will slow the spread, but doesn’t replace staying at home. And the mask recommendation is for those who are in areas that have been hardest hit by the virus. The best mask is that n95, but I doubt everybody can find one of those.
The n95 is useless unless someone is correctly fitted for one.
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Anonymous 7 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pm
Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... o-wear-one

We didn't get our clothe from Michael's.
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Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:37 pm
Anonymous 7 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pm
Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:00 pm Yes. We have since the beginning, since we already had them. Leave the medical grade masks for health care workers, but there is no harm in clothe masks. It's not complete protection, but it doesn't hurt and lowers the chances.
Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... o-wear-one

We didn't get our clothe from Michael's.
I only skimmed so maybe I missed it but where does it say it lowers the chances of you getting the corona virus?
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Olioxenfree wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:37 pm
Anonymous 7 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:42 pm

Home made masks made from fabric from Michael's lowers the risk of getting covid? Do you have a reliable link for that?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... o-wear-one

We didn't get our clothe from Michael's.
I only skimmed so maybe I missed it but where does it say it lowers the chances of you getting the corona virus?
It's literally what the article is about.
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Hi. I think you may have been the one who was kind enough to point that out to me when I mentioned in another post that I ran out of elastic. Have you tried using the headbands? I tried it on one but it seemed to be putting a strain on my needle. In a pinch, I'd definitely use the headbands. But I'd also have to switch out my needle. Have you made many masks already?
Anonymous 6 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:41 pm
Anonymous 5 wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:50 pm I've been making 9"x6" masks shown on this website:
https://www.courierpress.com/story/news ... 865273001/
Scroll to 2nd video to see how to make them.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I highly recommend that you read these PDF written instructions:
https://courierpressblogs.com/pdf/howto ... cemask.pdf

1/8" flat elastic is very hard to find right now. I found mine on Ebay.
You can use these headbands. They have them at all family dollar stores 10/1.00.,
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