{"id":8680,"date":"2020-04-07T13:18:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=8680"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:32:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:32:02","slug":"dyi-bandana-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2020\/dyi-bandana-mask","title":{"rendered":"DYI Bandana Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First a point of clarification, this is not<\/em> a mask in the personal protective equipment<\/strong> (PPE) sense of the word. It is a covering for your face<\/strong> for use when you go out in public. It is <\/strong>not<\/strong><\/em> a substitute for PPE<\/strong> if you are caring for or otherwise forced to be near sick people. My design is based on the “No Sew” option published by the CDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had several problems<\/strong> attempting to follow these directions: 1) What’s the coffee filter for?<\/strong> Extra protection or just a stiffener? 2) Step 5 says fold and “tuck”. Not sure what is being tucked and where?<\/strong> and 3) The final product in step 6, must be spread\/unfolded to get the wrap-around, under the chin<\/strong> effect shown in step 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s my take using a standard bandana<\/strong>, two short elastic toggles<\/strong> (remove one of the plastic balls), and two safety pins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1:<\/strong> Fold<\/em> the bandana in half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2:<\/strong> Fold<\/em> the top down about a third<\/em> and the bottom up two thirds<\/em> at the ends but less so in the middle<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3:<\/strong> Slide the cloth through the elastic loops<\/em> approximately one third<\/em> from each end (shown above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 4:<\/strong> Fold<\/em> the ends over the loops and pin<\/em> them. You can adjust the tension on the loops<\/em> around your head by pinning a bit more or less fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5:<\/strong> Place over your face with the loops around your ears. Then catch the toggle ball<\/em> in the opposite loop at the back of your head. You can then slide things around to adjust the fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I shopped for an hour wearing this configuration and it wasn’t bad. It took a little rolling and tucking to prevent my glasses from fogging.<\/em> I’ve heard of people using little strips of aluminum or copper wire<\/em> to give a better fit around the nose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First a point of clarification, this is not a mask in the personal protective equipment (PPE) sense of the word. It is a covering for your face for use when you go out in public. It is not a substitute for PPE if you are caring for or otherwise forced to be near sick people. … Continue reading “DYI Bandana Mask”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,22],"tags":[468,469,467],"class_list":["post-8680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-medicine","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid19","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8680"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8697,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8680\/revisions\/8697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}