@FormerlyKnownAs said:

At the US outbreak of COVID-19 I had one R95 mask leftover from a “Quikrete” project. Since safety/medical supplies had been “swooped”, I decided to try my hand at making my own masks. If you can sew, I guess you have it made (ha-ha); but for the rest of us a little innovative thinking…along with a few miscues…is the name of the game.

T-shirts, coffee filters, copy paper, paper clips, paper towels, tape, glue, scarves, aluminum foil, cloth shopping bags…have all been repurposed into face protectors.

Now, I can make short-work of one of those babies. Not medical quality (after all nothing is sterilized); but good enough for street use. And, as the PSAs keeping telling us: any-protection-is-better-than-no-protection.

Anyway...

(1) Has anyone else added “Master Mask Maker” to their skill-set since the COVID-19 pandemic?

OR

(2) Develop any new (or dusted of any old), useful COVID-19 related hacks?

I have not had to make any masks, but my parents found one from a painting project my dad did a while back. And my husband has a co-worker who has made quite a few out of cloth. I'm thankful that we have had those masks because my husband is still having to go to work.

Shel-Bots for everyone.

@znexyish said:

Shel-Bots for everyone.

@Lemons said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

At the US outbreak of COVID-19 I had one R95 mask leftover from a “Quikrete” project. Since safety/medical supplies had been “swooped”, I decided to try my hand at making my own masks. If you can sew, I guess you have it made (ha-ha); but for the rest of us a little innovative thinking…along with a few miscues…is the name of the game.

T-shirts, coffee filters, copy paper, paper clips, paper towels, tape, glue, scarves, aluminum foil, cloth shopping bags…have all been repurposed into face protectors.

Now, I can make short-work of one of those babies. Not medical quality (after all nothing is sterilized); but good enough for street use. And, as the PSAs keeping telling us: any-protection-is-better-than-no-protection.

Anyway...

(1) Has anyone else added “Master Mask Maker” to their skill-set since the COVID-19 pandemic?

OR

(2) Develop any new (or dusted of any old), useful COVID-19 related hacks?

I have not had to make any masks, but my parents found one from a painting project my dad did a while back. And my husband has a co-worker who has made quite a few out of cloth. I'm thankful that we have had those masks because my husband is still having to go to work.

to having both.

Funny, how something we barely give a thought to one second...becomes critical the next.

Meanwhile back at TBBT

Well, I feel slightly vindicated (people have said in the past that it will not help?) because I have been wearing a mask when I go out in public for a long time. I buy them at the dollar store (10 for $1.00) when I stock up on aspirin & antihistamines.

@Tim-Buktu said:

Meanwhile back at TBBT

Don't remember that scene at all; but thanks. Poor Leonard!

@bratface said:

Well, I feel slightly vindicated (people have said in the past that it will not help?) because I have been wearing a mask when I go out in public for a long time. I buy them at the dollar store (10 for $1.00) when I stock up on aspirin & antihistamines.

Strange; right. A minute ago, unless it was Halloween, someone wearing a mask in public was at...now it's someone who is not wearing a mask in public who gets that sort of treatment (from a distance, of course).

On the other hand...