A DIY face mask and other ways to fight the Corona virus

  • 26 Mar 2020 03:18
    Reply # 8859463 on 8855224

    From a mate who works with infectious diseases in animals, fabric facemasks can via moisture in the mask create a wick for infection. Also the weave of the material is rarely dense enough...his analogy is like trying to keep out mosquitoes with chicken wire.

  • 26 Mar 2020 00:51
    Reply # 8859322 on 8858415
    Anonymous wrote:
    Arne wrote:

    A buff?

    I struggle with that one. Even Wictionary just confuses me...

    Arne

    Multifunctional Bandana Original by BUFF - 17,95


    http://blog.runningwarehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Buff.jpg

    I think in some places that would have the shop keeper reaching for the shotgun under the counter.
  • 25 Mar 2020 19:40
    Reply # 8858415 on 8858302
    Arne wrote:

    A buff?

    I struggle with that one. Even Wictionary just confuses me...

    Arne

    Multifunctional Bandana Original by BUFF - 17,95


    http://blog.runningwarehouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Buff.jpg

    Last modified: 25 Mar 2020 19:47 | Anonymous member
  • 25 Mar 2020 18:23
    Reply # 8858302 on 8855224
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A buff?

    I struggle with that one. Even Wictionary just confuses me...

    Arne

  • 25 Mar 2020 17:49
    Reply # 8858212 on 8855224
    Deleted user

    Kitchen towel behind a Buff sounds a great idea to me. 

    I will try it asap. Thanks for the idea. 

  • 25 Mar 2020 14:46
    Reply # 8857730 on 8855224

    Under "other ways to fight the Corona virus" : keeping fit during lockdown so as to be able to cruise again when circumstances permit.

    I have a 12Kg kettlebell, and downloaded "10 best kettlebell workouts" (free, but you'll get irritating emails until you unsubscribe), some time ago. I only do these beginners' exercises, there's no need to get too technical, but I think they are maintaining hand strength, back strength and flexibility, shoulder mobility, cardiovascular fitness etc, so that I should still be able to heave anchors about and hoist sail. There are more exercises and short videos available if you want to go further.

    A 10 litre water jug would substitute for the kettlebell, for some of the simpler routines, but would be too unwieldy for the "Halo", for example.

  • 25 Mar 2020 13:18
    Reply # 8857580 on 8855224

    Alway being stylish (?) I shall put kitchen paper behind a Buff.

  • 25 Mar 2020 11:09
    Reply # 8857437 on 8855224
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Good idea, Mark!
    I will try one or two layers of kitchen towel between my mask and the patch I sew onto the front of it. That towel will even take  ironing well.


    Cheers and good luck!

    Arne

    Last modified: 25 Mar 2020 11:09 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 25 Mar 2020 10:36
    Reply # 8857425 on 8855224

    Good info, thanks guys.

    Perhaps a good reason to wear a mask is to stop you touching your face.  I see in the HK diy mask post that a couple of layers of kitchen paper is a good option.

    I guess we are all going to get it sometime, so think about avoiding the peak, best if you can delay all  (.....if not get it now before the NHS is overrun?)

    Take care, keep safe.

  • 25 Mar 2020 04:08
    Reply # 8857164 on 8855224
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Arne I think your model will be a lot more than "a little help" here, if for no other reason than that it is an inspiration to get people thinking about the limitations of a mask, to develop one's own criteria, and to find solutions if ready-made solutions are in short supply. 

    And you hit the nail on the head - it is a difficult compromise between maximum filtration - and still being able to breath comfortably. That is why the cellulose "visor" attached to the glasses seemed to me like a practical accessory. I think your curtain idea could be done better if it were a throw-away replaceable, made from non-woven polyester cloth which is somewhat water repellent, but not an air barrier like sail cloth.

    And your 20-minute shopping. Better than any mask or hand sanitiser is simply to stay home unless absolutely necessary for brief periods of shopping, and to try to have no visitors other than the few within your "bubble". If everyone in the world could do that, for a month, it would probably bring this thing to a halt.

    I do feel for those who are on the front line and/or have others depending on them, for whom making a Robinson Crusoe adventure out of this pandemic is not an option.

    Last modified: 25 Mar 2020 04:21 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
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