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In reply to the discussion: Making Masks Active with Soap to Protect Against Coronavirus [View all]eleny
(46,166 posts)47. Filtrete F1 hepa air filters
According to Filtrete there's no fiberglass in them. Taking the filters apart wasn't even hard, just a little time consuming. So I did it while watching tv.
Just for an fyi, I learned about the filters and how to take them apart from SewCanShe on YouTube. Her video is called "DIY Face Mask Filter with HEPA Fabric".
The only thing we do differently is to just use two sections of filter and insert it into our mask. If I use five sections, pleat and stitch them like she does we wouldn't be able to breath. My masks are the pleated style for the lay person. So a pleated mask with a thick, pleated filter doesn't work. She sews the flatter Olson style mask.
I would have posted the video url but I'm not sure if you want that here in your thread.
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That makes sense. I think I will start not rinsing mine as well as I have been.
cayugafalls
May 2020
#3
Soapy wipes are great for replacement disinfecting wipes when no other option exists.
cayugafalls
May 2020
#40
Old teeshirts, old blouses, old jeans, slacks, shorts, even cotton underwear will work just fine. nt
Blue_true
May 2020
#56
Or soaking the middle layer in soapy solution and letting it dry, then stitching it in.
cayugafalls
May 2020
#7
I think you are right. The researchers seem to be focusing on a middle layer
cayugafalls
May 2020
#38
Am I right in thinking that a "deodorant" type soap, rather than a facial soap,....
EarnestPutz
May 2020
#13
I said "may be marginally more effective", referred to the process by which soap...
EarnestPutz
May 2020
#34
So.....what if you just spray the outside of the mask with the same cleaner you use on countertops ?
Bayard
May 2020
#14
I spray mine with alcohol and let it dry. I have 3 N95 masks. Typically, a mask dries
Blue_true
May 2020
#52
I sure hope they do toxicology studies regarding inhalation of soap molecules before this idea
diva77
May 2020
#16
I've probably ingested a crap load of soap in my youth, seems I had a potty mouth.
cayugafalls
May 2020
#24
A front-line worker wears a mask directly over nose & mouth for hours at a time - so the exposure to
diva77
May 2020
#25
I'm wondering if the water vapor from breathing might provide the moisture needed.
Hugin
May 2020
#20
Rinsing, even in a washing machine, doesn't always get all the soap out of wash loads, anyway
eleny
May 2020
#49
The lungs function by adsorbing oxygen via surfactant - so I hope whatever this soapy mask idea is,
diva77
May 2020
#23
Please do not ingest soap or think that making a SOAPY mask is the intent of this OP, it is not.
cayugafalls
May 2020
#36