Wellness

[HerRoyaLioness]

Blue shop towels, they're non woven material and work great!

[granddi]

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@HerRoyaLioness wrote:

Blue shop towels, they're non woven material and work great!

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Are they the paper blue shop towels or fabric?

[HerRoyaLioness]

@granddi- they are the blue shop paper towels. 

I was reading an article about 3M way  back when they were first designing the N95 mask and one of the materials they looked at was the blue shop towel because it was nonwoven yet thin enough to breathe through.  Other filters or fabrics were not quite as beneficial or useful.  I don't know if I can find the article again, and of course the blue towels are not used in the N95, but I thought the reasoning was sound to use them as a filter.

I have home made and surgical masks and use the blue towels in both as added protection.  You don't need a special pocket - you can just cut out a piece and put it in the mask, side closest to your mouth.

I just found a video I hadn't seen before. It tested shop towel masks out of just shop towels, and a double layer shop towel mask that they tested was 73% effective, a single layer was 54% effective, while a (average consumer) surgical mask by itself was only 39%.

Can't post the u-Tube, put you can google "Shop Towel Mask - Material Properties Update 4-5-20" Sources include  "Dr Bill Bennett and Dr Phillip and their at UNC Lab, and their colleagues in the EPA."

Hope this helps and isn't too much information - I'm one for details and being informed!

[Silverfox1]

You can buy any amount of filters on Etsy.com 

I am a very high risk because of heart and kidney problems. I don't go out that much because of this but when I do I wear a mask with a filter that I got on Etsy.com I went to the doctor this week and you had to wear a mask in the office. I have a mask that has a   filter on the inside and has one of those little black fitters on the outside to help you breathe better. However, the nurse told me I had to wear a disposable mask which she gave me. She said the reason was because that little black filter lets "your air" out which is not safe for other people you come in contact with.

Please cover your nose when wearing a mask since it defeats the safety  a mask gives you and other people. On our local news it was mentioned that a cotton mask with a filter

is the best.

Everyone please stays well and safe.

Marcee46