@MSF wrote:
@bgriffin, are the ones you have on order for the office?
@Bena wrote:
A question for those using cloth masks - how often do you wash them? Do you have multiple masks and rotate them?
@bgriffin wrote:
@Bena wrote:
A question for those using cloth masks - how often do you wash them? Do you have multiple masks and rotate them?
I have not washed mine but will in the next load of laundry I do. I wear mine at most once a week so I figure any contamination on them is gone by the next time I wear it.
Security theater. Unless I'm planning to be in a crowded area, no mask (and I'm not planning to be in a crowded area.) Our latest cruise got canceled; hoping our January one is still on. Won't be wearing a mask there, either, as I plan to hang out outside.@Flash wrote:
I do have a lot of concern about most of the 'face coverings' that are being concocted. I figure that they are 'better than nothing', but I would be hard pressed to call them protection. .
@MSF wrote:
@Threemom, that sounds impressive. Would love to see them.
@Flash wrote:
I do have a lot of concern about most of the 'face coverings' that are being concocted. I figure that they are 'better than nothing', but I would be hard pressed to call them protection. Back in late January when we bought our boxes of masks, the emphasis was on the size of particles that could get through the mask. The ones that could actually exclude a virus size particle were already sold out so we got ones with the smallest particle size exclusion available. Even at that size the mask flutters as you try to breathe behind it when it is properly in place. When I see 'masks' that are not fluttering, and the wearer is not short of breath, I have to wonder just how much filtration there is of the air. I figure that if bandanas with coffee filters were efficient, first responders would not have been begging the public for 'medical grade' masks.
@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:
I've had a few merchandising companies send me masks and each company has sent different types.
@bgriffin wrote:
I have 2 homemade cloth masks my sister-in-law made, 1 mask from Mack Weldon, and 5 masks from Lorenzo Uomo on the way.
@Threemom wrote:
This is what I use. I combine Type B and C. I use a different fabric for the lining so it's easy to tell front from back, and it also stretches my "nicer" fabric.
[www.craftpassion.com]
@MSF wrote:
@Threemom, that sounds impressive. Would love to see them.
@2stepps wrote:
I have four or five that I rotate through after spraying down with Hydrogen Peroxide and letting them dry off. I made the mistake of not letting one dry enough and did I feel funny after an hour or so.