Tom and I train annually for how to respond to the next oil spill in Alaska. Part of that training is how to wear – meaning put on, use carefully and safely remove – protective outerwear. We suit up, glove up, mask up and have chocolate syrup poured over us, then have to take it off without contaminating ourselves.
It’s not easy.
Protecting yourself against something you can’t even see is tremendously more difficult.
That’s why I designed the best possible homemade Home Use mask I could and I want people to understand it.
Outer fabric is tight weave quilting cotton or batik. The pocket is for additional filtration, like a section of blue shop towel. Inner layer is something soft against your face.
EASY ON OFF IS CRITICAL FOR NON-CONTAMINATION. Yes, I am shouting that. All the masks in the world won’t protect you if you take it off wrong and contaminate yourself. Go ahead, try it with syrup – any kind – on your mask. Learn how to do it right.
Here’s my tutorial on how to make the mask for Home Use and below that how to take it off properly – https://www.crazyshortcutquilts.com/diy-face-mask-with-ribbon/
