Wellness

[sophiamarie]

If you can blow out a match with the mask on, then the mask is useless.

I am really surprised that nobody posted this......

YouTube - Fox13 Memphis...... The girl demonstrates this with a candle.

I found this out when I went to a doctor, in a medical building.  They were handing out masks at the door and I heard the people talking about the match or lighter.... 

You can also go to www.wmbfnews.com  

[CherryHugs]

Yes it is two different materials! One pattern on the front and different on the back.

Oh this is good news   Thank you.

I had no idea and thought it was a one ply material.  @Sage04 

[patbz]

@sophiamarie : I did mention the candle test much earlier in this thread.  I prefer Old Navy masks, which are 1 ply and adjustable but you absolutely can't blow out a candle as the weave is very tight and cotton.

[SisterSisto]

I've made about 200 masks sofar and have given them to family, friends, mother in law in an assisted living facility.  All my masks are three ply and have a bendable nosepiece sewn in place to secure the mask on the nose.  The masks are all trifold, so they hug the cheek area with no gaps.  I have also purchased the little beads that go through the ear elastic to tighten up if the ear area is loose.  

I purchased fusible medium weight interfacing and that is the middle layer while the front and back create the total of three layers.  I only get tightly woven cotton material, not the cheaper cotton print fabric.  These masks seem to work great.  The people I've given them to wear them and like them.  

I have a spray bottle of 99% alcohol that I will spray front and back if I've used the mask to go to the post office, little trips.  However, if I use a mask longer than an hour, they go into a laundry bag and put in the washing machine with Lysol sanitizer in the rinse cycle.  I then reshape them and hang them up to dry.  I don't know if all of this is the correct way and I feel safe wearing them and so does my husband.

I've had fun this whole quarantine time making these masks and making them "seasonal" with fall time material, Christmas time material and am now working on the spring time material.  I believe we will be wearing masks for some time to come so know that these are needed.