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KY_EnviroGuy

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32. But everyone will ask "did you injure your nose?".

Sun Nov 15, 2020, 04:42 PM

Nov 2020

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Just kidding, good idea to try. Most people don't realize that particulate masks puff outward when breathing hard, thereby breaking an already half-ass seal. Masks with a rubber gasket and half-face cartridge respirators are the only ones that seal well, shy of a full-face respirator.

If you ever had to work in atmospheres with toxic gasses like I did for years, you learn real fast how to insure a good seal.

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Mask-fogged glasses were driving me crazy! [View all] tblue37 Nov 2020 OP

I find that most people look better without glasses anyway... ret5hd Nov 2020 #1

I wear reading glasses. The only time I go out is grocery shopping or tutoring, and I need glasses tblue37 Nov 2020 #3

For exciting new meal options... ret5hd Nov 2020 #6

Hah!1 UTUSN Nov 2020 #4

I think I must be more attractive without glasses also... ret5hd Nov 2020 #5

Hah! Enjoyed your whole play on this. 😎 SaveOurDemocracy Nov 2020 #16

LOL! lunatica Nov 2020 #39

Ha! Codeine Nov 2020 #14

Good idea frazzled Nov 2020 #2

Clear bandaids would look a little better. cry baby Nov 2020 #7

But cloth band-aids breath and really stay where you stick them Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #42

Good point. cry baby Nov 2020 #43

I don't get it. My N95 is fit tested and it fogs my glasses. mucifer Nov 2020 #8

Makes sense. I think N95s are meant to protect you when you inhale, not filter what you exhale. Towlie Nov 2020 #24

N95s without valves filter exhaled breath as well as inspired air. You are Maru Kitteh Nov 2020 #29

Vapor still has to be able to escape your N95. Some are better than others Maru Kitteh Nov 2020 #27

I'll give it a shot sdfernando Nov 2020 #9

Bandaids peel your skin. Surgical tape works just as well and is kinder to your skin hlthe2b Nov 2020 #10

+1, I've been using surgical tape. nilram Nov 2020 #33

Great idea. Thanks. nt crickets Nov 2020 #37

I suppose if you want to carry around a box of bandaids or roll of tape Runningdawg Nov 2020 #11

I just tried that and it didn't work! Maybe I polished all of the soap off, oregonjen Nov 2020 #15

Scuba tricks eh? I wonder if spitting on your glasses would work. Towlie Nov 2020 #25

I accept it as a challenge. panader0 Nov 2020 #12

aha! barbtries Nov 2020 #13

I found the solution.... JustinBulletin Nov 2020 #17

That's really great information! Thanks for sharing that :-) Maru Kitteh Nov 2020 #40

Welders use something to keep their visors from fogging up. rickford66 Nov 2020 #18

It 's worth a try. The fogging makes me crazy (not a hard thing to do at the best of times). Shrike47 Nov 2020 #19

I stopped wearing glasses. marie999 Nov 2020 #20

Glasses offer some protection from getting Covid droplets in your eyes. Klaralven Nov 2020 #41

It's the best method that I found months ago! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #21

1+ keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #22

Cool Joinfortmill Nov 2020 #23

Anti fog sprays help. Treat your glasses daily with a good one. nolabear Nov 2020 #26

I find that crimping down that wire in the mask above the nose works sometimes, but not always. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #28

Excellent tip! Thanks! But why do you wear your mask while driving? nt LAS14 Nov 2020 #30

All the solutions that involve anti-fogging sprays, etc., ignore that fact that fogging... LAS14 Nov 2020 #31

But everyone will ask "did you injure your nose?". KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2020 #32

If you know someone with a 3d printer, this might help.... getagrip_already Nov 2020 #34

Ok, I printed one.... they work getagrip_already Nov 2020 #38

Fold a Kleenex long way and place inside top of mask voteearlyvoteoften Nov 2020 #35

me too Demovictory9 Nov 2020 #36