Mask washing

PinkCakes:

'fewer cases now'

What? Where? I'm in London and things are getting bad. Maybe you live on a sparsely populated little island?

Hetty58 PinkCakes made that post on 1st September when 1295 new cases were reported for the day, a lot less than the 19724 reported yesterday. Always best to check the dates and facts of posts before being dismissive of people.

I wear home-made cotton masks. They go in the washing machine at 30C or 40C along with everything else I have been wearing. After all, my clothes are as likely to be contaminated as my masks so, why treat them differently? I am very careful to use a clean mask if I take one off between shops.

Mine get washed after one use
Usually once a week

Please don’t wash and reuse disposable ones. That’s not what they are meant fot

www.sott.net/article/442455-German-Neurologist-Warns-Against-Wearing-Facemasks-Oxygen-Deprivation-Causes-Permanent-Neurological-Damage

The conspiracy theorists are up early this morning. Hospital staff can wear masks constantly throughout a 12 hour shift every working day. But the rest of us can’t wear one to pop into Tesco without risking brain damage. Who would have thought it ?

I've got about ten pretty cotton double-thickness masks.
After one wear I put them to soak in ZoFlora diluted with hot water for about an hour. Then rinse them thoroughly and dry them.

Masks don't cause oxygen deprivation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5npQivAmcE

I wondered if this was going to be one one of those competitive cleaning threads..... you know the “I leave the post outside for a week, disinfect the entire house twice daily, boil wash OH every Saturday.......”

Lucca

I wondered if this was going to be one one of those competitive cleaning threads..... you know the “I leave the post outside for a week, disinfect the entire house twice daily, boil wash OH every Saturday.......”

Wash at 300° and never, ever, put them in with the tea towels.

But first scrub the floors wearing full hand knitted PPE

Lucca

But first scrub the floors wearing full hand knitted PPE

And.....don't forget to bleach everything in sight!!!!

Franbern

Lucca

But first scrub the floors wearing full hand knitted PPE

And.....don't forget to bleach everything in sight!!!!

But please don't drink it!

Just off to steam clean my house!
I could be gone some time .....

Callistemon

Just off to steam clean my house!
I could be gone some time .....

Hope you have full PPE!!!

Would really appreciate any recommended designs for homemade facemasks that don't cause my specs to steam up each time I put them on.
OH and I both struggling.... Many thanks

Have you tried a mask with soft wire over the nose to pinch gently and get a close fit on your face? I find my breath doesn’t escape up to my specs.
Sorry, mine have been bought online but I’m sure others will be along with pattern suggestions soon.

I wonder if microwaves would kill the virus? I’ve never seen it recommended.

Callistemon
You mean to tell me you've only just thought about steam cleaning your house ?

Daddima
Have you thought that through?

petra

Daddima
Have you thought that through?

Okay, I’ll prepare to look an eejit!

cupafful, I haven't tried it, but I read advice somewhere about making a small roll of foil and putting it inside the mask so that you can fit it over your nose. It then should fit more tightly and not let your glasses steam up so easily. I find that if I put my glasses on firmly over the top of my mask that helps, but some days, when it's cold or damp outside, you are probably going to steam up whatever you do!

Callistemon, I have found that the steam from my Christmas sprouts, which have, of course, been boiling away for several months now, is keeping my kitchen permanently steam-cleaned, so that saves a bit of time.

I wash our cloth masks either at 60 or 90 degrees.

If I am in a rush, I scald them in two separate lots of boiling water.

Why? Because the masks become damp and unpleasant when you wear them, and germs breed in damp conditions.

I’m exhausted from injecting the turkey with disinfectant ready for Christmas which is only 45 days away.