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your hands untie the mask from the back or undo the elastics don t touch the front of the mask place mask into a container that can be closed like a plastic bag or a hamper with a lid it will need to be cleaned before reuse wash your hands again our masks were designed to be machine washed with detergent and then tumble dried on medium to high heat this is what the cdc recommends for cloth that may have been exposed to the virus which your mask now is some sources say that three days time is enough to kill the virus that causes covid 19 if you can t wash your mask leaving it for three days before reuse is an option so is uv treatment or just heat bring your mask up to about 160 degrees fahrenheit for half an hour here s the long version steps to wearing a face mask wash your hands get a clean mask if it s a new paper mask industrially packaged great if it s a freshly washed fabric mask like the ones you learned how to make in a previous post https piecedgoods com 2020 03 22 face masks tutorial great if you re not sure machine wash with warm or hot water with laundry detergent and tumble dry wash your hands and clean your equipment before handling clean masks and iron them back into shape there is no point in wearing a dirty mask check which side of the mask is the outside and which direction is up our masks have a pipe cleaner nose piece which will be on the outside and upside of the mask the longer ties also go on the upside of the mask wash your hands tie your clean mask to your face the upper ties should be tied at the crown of your head while the lower ties will be tied at the nape of your neck adjust the nosepiece by pinching it to the bridge of your nose so that all or as much as possible of the air you breathe in and out is filtered through the fabric of your mask pull the bottom of the mask over your chin check for leakage if it s fogging up your glasses that means you have leakage if there s wind by your ears that s leakage you don t want to tie your mask so tight it will be uncomfortable but it has to lay next to your skin to be effective once adjusted don t touch it any more now every time you need to readjust you will need to wash your hands both before and after touching the mask remember the point of this is twofold since anyone can be contagious before they feel sick you re protecting other people from yourself and protecting yourself from other people at the same time you don t want to contaminate the world with your germs and you don t want the world getting its germs into your mask when you take your mask off because you don t need it anymore or because it s damp and needs to be replaced do not pull it down to talk eat etc because once it s off it should stay off wash your hands untie your mask at the back of your head and try not to touch the front at all the mask should go in a closed container a plastic bag a tub with a lid a washing machine right away wash your hands and any surfaces the mask touched before being put away wash masks in warm hot water with detergent as soon as is practical tumble dry completely iron with clean hands and clean tools back into shape for future use finally here s a breakdown on the sources we re using to justify these recommendations remember that all information on covid 19 is changing rapidly we learn more about this disease every day but there are some important things we won t know about it for months at least everyone is giving their best guesses but it s tricky to sort out what and who to trust that s why we wanted to be so clear on where our information is coming from this who website gives advice on mask wearing so far they recommend healthy people only need to wear masks if caring for patients with covid 19 read healthcare workers for the most part i assume they also think that people diagnosed with covid 19 should wear them but they don t say so here https www who int emergencies diseases novel coronavirus 2019 advice for public when and how to use masks but while evidence is scarce some experts believe that the general public wearing masks will be helpful as well they may have a modest benefit in filtering air coming in to a person wearing a mask but they could also help slow transmission from a sick person who again might not know they re sick until they ve already been shedding the virus into their environment for days we can t know who s contagious so some of the doctors and epidemiologists quoted in this article from science think it s worthwhile to wear homemade masks note from vicky if you re healthy please donate all n95s to medical professionals on the front lines they can use them more effectively than we can and they deserve the protection as they try to save all of our collective bacon https www sciencemag org news 2020 03 would everyone wearing face masks help us slow pandemic meanwhile this article from wired argues that telling people not to wear masks is a cultural and political failing while wearing masks while sick or while worried about getting sick is common in taiwan hong kong china and japan it s not normal in the u s and other places in the west to wear masks in public in fact it s considered weird or almost shameful to do so more on that cultural divide here https www bbc com news world 52015486 but argues wired do masks work should everyone wear them and if there aren t enough medical grade masks for the general public is it possible to make a viable substitute at home decades of scientific research lessons from past pandemics and common sense suggest the answer to all of these questions is yes there s a lot of really good information and sourcing in this article and i recommend you read the whole thing https www wired com story its time to face facts america masks work so if we accept the premise that wearing masks is useful we then need to consider how to reuse them safely this science news article briefly discusses potential methods for cleaning masks the suggestions include heat ultraviolet light chemical disinfectants and even just time most sources are saying the virus loses its ability to infect people after 3 days on a hospitable non porous surface so on fabric its infection time could be less https www sciencenews org article coronavirus covid 19 ppe face mask shortages creative solutions but the cdc recommends washing fabric that s potentially contaminated with the virus in warm or hot water with detergent and then drying thoroughly that seems to me to be a combination of chemical detergent and heat drying cleaning methods and doesn t rely on the virus hopefully just dying on its own https www cdc gov coronavirus 2019 ncov prevent getting sick cleaning disinfection html a homemade mask is better than nothing but does not make you impervious or safe don t take any risks with a mask on that you wouldn t take without a mask wash your hands before and after you do anything that might spread viruses around wash your masks frequently and stay home as much as possible be safe if you need to leave your home and go to a public place you ll need to wear a mask while homemade masks are not as good as manufactured and tested personal protective equipment like n95 masks they do provide you some protection if you wear them correctly posted in uncategorized 1 comment face masks tutorial posted on march 22 2020 by piecedgoods greetings dear friends it s been a long time since i posted here 5 years but today i m posting a tutorial for a face mask to sew at this moment we are in a shelter in place situation trying to keep ourselves and others safe from covid 19 covid 19 is disease caused by a novel virus which means we don t have immunity to it from previous exposure anyway enough about that you can read about it lots of places this paragraph is to give context for folks dropping in from another galaxy or readers from the future when we ve solved all these problems these masks should be easy to make by design there are harder tutorials out there that have more shaping but those need more fitting as well my goal was a tutorial that makes an effective mask relatively quickly with readily available materials these not as effective at blocking coronavirus particles as professionally produced n95 masks and they re not a solution for the lack of personal protective equipment our healthcare providers will need in the next few weeks and months but home made face masks are better than nothing our doctor and nurse friends are telling us and right now many of them have nothing so here is a pattern tutorial for face masks you can make out of what you have for clarity and for speed here s the information we ve distilled from medical professionals published research a doctor friend who tried these on for us and other online research fuller citations are all at the bottom of the tutorial homemade cloth masks are not a substitute for real protective equipment that hospitals and others desperately need but they are something in place of nothing cdc they could also be useful for patients and or regular folks going around in the world again not as good as real manufactured masks but if they re clean they re better than going without tightly woven cotton is the best material to use for the face covering 2 layers are better than 1 use new clean fabric elastic can cause allergies and doesn t wash withstand heat as well as cotton so we have opted for fabric or ribbon ties rather than elastic bands pleats help shape masks to a face but professionally produced masks also use an aluminum strip to shape a mask around the nose we are using pipe cleaners to shape and seal a mask on a person s face we ve not tested twist ties but they might also be a good option tips for being helpful look for and donate to local organizations that could use your masks right now if you can make a bunch this site has a large and growing database of hospitals shelters and even grocery supply workers who are asking for masks wash any masks you send to organizations before you send them out hopefully hospitals and other healthcare providers will sanitize them as well but there are no guarantees warm water wash with detergent avoid the koala mitten syndrome keep an eye out for a hopeful future boost in real n95 production that will make your homemade masks unnecessary and don t flood organizations that don t need your products use what you ve got don t make yourself frantic do it with love be safe tutorial step 0 wash your hands your work surface and your tools thoroughly the parts that you touch anyway step 1 cut two 9 x 6 5 rectangles of tightly woven cotton fabric i am using high quality woven quilting fabric cut two straps 25 in length and two straps 12 in length err on the high side for these if you re going to err step 2 layer the fabric with the right sides the patterned sides together if there s a direction to the fabric if it has words for example take note the straps will go in between your right side together fabric rectangles the photo below shows just the bottom rectangle so you can see the strap placement longer straps should go on the short sides of the rectangles near the upper side of the mask which will be up toward the eyes and the shorter straps will go on the lower side toward the chin neck beginning below the strap on one short side of your rectangles stitch a ¼ seam up over that strap across the long side down the other short side and then up over the second strap do not close the rectangles you must leave 2 or so to turn your mask right side out make sure the straps are properly sewn to the mask but that one end of each strap remains free the strap lengths should now be inside your inside out rectangles step 3 clip the corners of your rectangles turn your rectangles so they are right sides out press them flat so the seams are inside including the open area where you turned your mask step 4 press in two ½ pleats about evenly spaced pleats should fold down toward the chin topstitch a seam around your rectangles stitching down both the pleats and the opening you left to turn your rectangles as you do so check to make sure you caught the edges of the opening this is where you stop if you don t have pipe cleaners or twist ties or some other wire shaper to add as a nose piece wash your mask and send it where they re needed or wear it yourself step 5 clip a 4 segment of clean new pipe cleaner turn the sharp ends in with pliers on the outside of your mask zig zag stitch the length of pipe cleaner near the upper edge of the mask to secure it now wash your mask and send it where it s needed or wear it yourself a note on straps we used grosgrain ribbon for a few prototypes but they did not hold up well in the wash twill tape would be ideal in lieu of better options we made fabric tape of our own a short tutorial is included here in case you need it be resourceful don t use anything meltable or easily frayed make sure your work can be sterilized sanitized step 1 1 cut 2 inch strips of tightly woven cotton fabric join together to make longer lengths as needed step 1 2 either use a binding strip tool to fold your fabric or fold the sides of your fabric in by hand ½ to meet in the middle press flat step 1 3 press in half so the raw edges are inside step 1 4 sew a from the open side to secure your fabric tape sturdy cotton ribbon sources this blog post concerns a peer reviewed study on homemade cloth face masks as a stopgap measure for viral pandemics and breaks it down for public consumption https smartairfilters com en blog best materials make diy face mask virus here s the study they referred to if you d like to read the whole thing yourself https www researchgate net publication 258525804_testing_the_efficacy_of_homemade_masks_would_they_protect_in_an_influenza_pandemic you can download the full pdf from that site from the cdc https www cdc gov coronavirus 2019 ncov hcp ppe strategy face masks html in settings where facemasks are not available hcp might use homemade masks e g bandana scarf for care of patients with covid 19 as a last resort however homemade masks are not considered ppe since their capability to protect hcp is unknown caution should be exercised when considering this option homemade masks should ideally be used in combination with a face shield that covers the entire front that extends to the chin or below and sides of the face posted in uncategorized 2 comments fishy posted on april 5 2015 by piecedgoods welcome to my world of found fabric fish fff s are made out of fabric that might otherwise end up in the trash and ultimately in landfill one man s trash is another treasure there are organizations around me that practically give away fabric the ones i go to charge for scraps by the bag anywhere from 5 for a grocery bag full of scraps to 20 the money goes to cover the cost of running their non profits and i happily hand over cash for my bags of treasures these organizations harvest fabric from designer showrooms my main sources 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