Mask making, Covid
Scientific study on homemade masks and the most effective materials to make them out of:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.0c03252#
The short answer is the best filtration utilizes two different layers of materials (such as cotton–silk, cotton–chiffon, cotton–flannel).
Mask making, Covid
Thinking about this post from the other day and trying to look at sourcing cotton. It seems like the only place you can see cotton material thread counts is buying bedding? Online stores for Joanns and similar don't list that kind of information.
Mask making, Covid
@kamiten spoonflower lists theirs but you have to dig a bit for it — their mask patterns have suggested fabrics with the counts on page one https://spoonflower-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/Face+Mask+Instructions.pdf
Mask making, Covid
@kamiten (probably you can use this as a rough guide to other cotton fabrics, if not an exact one)
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@casta I appreciate it! Your link is the first I've seen of that kind of info. <3
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@kamiten oh geez, that seems excessive. IDK what shops you have available to you, but if you have access to a regional job lot chain you might be able to get your hands on that grade of cotton for less than usual. If you use a filter pocket you probably don’t need to go hardcore like that
some folks are like “use flannel!!” and I’m all “SUMMER IS COMING”
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@casta oh yeah, I can think of a few places to look now that you mention it. Big Lots, Ocean State Job Lots, etc. Good idea.
Yeah summer is going to be a lot of fun. @_@;;
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@kamiten Ocean State is an excellent resource for this! And a Target flat sheet from the Threshold section is minimum 300 tc and like $10 fwiw
summer aaauuuuugh ;_____;
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@casta Grea,t now I'm thinking about sneaking into a Bed Bath and Beyond to huff on various thread count bedding to make sure I can breath lol~
I think it should be fine though? I read one article that recommended 600-count pillowcases for masks, which sounds unobtainable outside expensive bedding anyway.