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This is intended as a ‘what to buy’ thread but will of course develop into more. Not only what to buy but where can you get any, anything worth wearing and at what cost. It could become a requirement to wear one in enclosed public places for a while soon so what’s everyone doing or going to do about masks? Some online don’t arrive until about 6th June. I wonder why/where they’re coming from.

 


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Ebay are selling them with fairly quick delivery but standard price seems to be about £1 each

 

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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Ebay are selling them with fairly quick delivery but standard price seems to be about £1 each

What sort? You can get the plastic surgical ones for 60p each bulk buying. govt might request people don’t buy surgical plastic masks.

I’m looking at getting some washable black cloth ones. £10 or £12 for 5 depending on if you go for valves for breathing. Are valves advisable? Those on sale either have poor customer ratings or are new items with just a few reviews or none.

I think I’ll only feel safer and this is worthwhile if we’re all having one on seeing as it does far more keeping your germs in rather than germs out. It sounds like it’s going to be requirement.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (21 Apr 2020 1.46pm)

 


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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

What sort? You can get the plastic surgical ones for 60p each bulk buying. govt might request people don’t buy surgical plastic masks.

I’m looking at getting some washable black cloth ones. £10 or £12 for 5 depending on if you go for valves for breathing. Are valves advisable? Those on sale either have poor customer ratings or are new items with just a few reviews or none.

I think I’ll only feel safer and this is worthwhile if we’re all having one on seeing as it does far more keeping your germs in rather than germs out. It sounds like it’s going to be requirement.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (21 Apr 2020 1.46pm)

Valves are good

Screwfix has a range

 

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Originally posted by Mapletree

Valves are good

Screwfix has a range

Thank you.

Unfortunately none are available for delivery and when you try each one individually via selecting a store for click and collect you find they’re unavailable again. To be expected really.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (21 Apr 2020 2.10pm)

 


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Good luck finding a tested mask available online that hasn’t had its price inflated or you have to buy a bulk order of tested masks at £30 each. Found this on a retailer’s website:

Which mask is best for Coronavirus? We recommend the following Masks, FFP1 GOOD (filters 80% particles), FFP2 (N95) EXCELLENT (filters 94% of particles) FFP3 (N99) THE BEST (filters 99% of particles). Surgical Paper Face Masks, Basic Dust Masks offer very little protection! (filers just 4% of particles!) you must buy a mask with a FFP rating

You won’t find any of these but it’s worth a read.

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‘T-shirts, bandanas and even sanitary towels: Homemade face masks may offer protection, too

Many people are opting to make masks at home using cloth or other materials - some have even been pictured using sanitary towels.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US recommends people use cloth face coverings when they go out in public and even has a how-to guide for people to make their own out of t-shirts or bandanas.

The intention of these is not specifically to protect people from catching the virus but to prevent the spread of it by encouraging such widespread use that people who are infected but don't know about it wear something that blocks the viruses being expelled on their breath.

However, European researchers have suggested these may not be effective and up to 90 per cent of particles can make their way through the fabric.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said rates of illness were much higher among healthcare staff using masks made out of cloth instead of surgical masks.

It said: 'Altogether, common fabric cloth masks are not considered protective against respiratory viruses and their use should not be encouraged.’

‘ 'In the context of severe personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, and only if surgical masks or respirators are not available, homemade cloth masks (e.g. scarves) are proposed as a last-resort interim solution by the US CDC until availability of standard PPE is restored.'

Edited by Rudi Hedman (21 Apr 2020 3.16pm)

 


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I worked doing flooring in the 80s and we used to use a cut off length of roller towel dipped in water for jobs like grinding concrete. Seemed to work - hope so because old lino involved quite a bit of asbestos.

 

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I've wondered about making some cloth ones using a double layer of garden fleece between the fabric. This should increase the density, but not too sure how well I'd be able to breathe through it....

 


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Looks like cloth provides 10-20% protection. These particles are so small the gaps in cloth isn’t satisfactory. This is a desperate attempt to slow the spread down with everyone wearing them but it’s better than nothing. On the news it says studies suggest they do provide protection but of course it doesn’t say how much.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (21 Apr 2020 6.33pm)

 


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