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Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 05:29PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Ammo
Date: May 28, 2020 05:49PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 05:52PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Pam
Date: May 28, 2020 06:01PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: May 28, 2020 06:07PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 06:12PM
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Pam
The first time wearing the N95 was the worse. After that it has gotten better. So some of your physical reaction may be psychological. Check the fit. The nose piece should not be sliding down. It may be the upper strap is not high enough on your head.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Grateful11
Date: May 28, 2020 06:25PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Grateful11
Date: May 28, 2020 06:42PM
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Pam
The first time wearing the N95 was the worse. After that it has gotten better. So some of your physical reaction may be psychological. Check the fit. The nose piece should not be sliding down. It may be the upper strap is not high enough on your head.
Some might be psychological, and the problem I was having also was that I wear eyeglass cords, which were getting entangled with the straps. I find it difficult to wear anything on my head (just in general, like a hat, etc.) ... it seems I run a very high metabolism, am always hot, find I put out a lot of heat through my head, etc. The N95 seemed very tight on my face, so it was definitely making a tight seal. I think the reason it was slipping down is because it might have been TOO tight, and the sweat wasn't helping anything. My glasses were at first fogging up, and then literally dripping from sweat (which also made it hard to see, of course).
I know they also make vented N95's, I'm tempted to see if I can get ahold of some of those.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Pam
Date: May 28, 2020 06:44PM
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Pam
The first time wearing the N95 was the worse. After that it has gotten better. So some of your physical reaction may be psychological. Check the fit. The nose piece should not be sliding down. It may be the upper strap is not high enough on your head.
Some might be psychological, and the problem I was having also was that I wear eyeglass cords, which were getting entangled with the straps. I find it difficult to wear anything on my head (just in general, like a hat, etc.) ... it seems I run a very high metabolism, am always hot, find I put out a lot of heat through my head, etc. The N95 seemed very tight on my face, so it was definitely making a tight seal. I think the reason it was slipping down is because it might have been TOO tight, and the sweat wasn't helping anything. My glasses were at first fogging up, and then literally dripping from sweat (which also made it hard to see, of course).
I know they also make vented N95's, I'm tempted to see if I can get ahold of some of those.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Gareth
Date: May 28, 2020 06:46PM
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PeterB
I know they also make vented N95's, I'm tempted to see if I can get ahold of some of those.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: AllGold
Date: May 28, 2020 07:05PM
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PeterB
Also, as a side note ... the experience really made me acutely aware (even more than usual, which for me is quite often) of how much stuff I was touching with bare hands and that it was next-to-impossible for me not to be touching things. I could have been wearing gloves, but for that to have been effective, I would have had to be changing gloves like crazy... instead, I washed my hands as much as possible (in my job, I'm a bit of a compulsive hand-washer anyway), but it's NOT helpful when the soap dispensers are empty, the paper towel dispensers are all not working (because they run on batteries, which are now dead), etc.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: May 28, 2020 07:05PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 07:30PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: May 28, 2020 07:32PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: AllGold
Date: May 28, 2020 07:44PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 07:51PM
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...or just not worrying about everything I was touching, then washing hands at the end.
Although unwritten (sorry), that was kind of my point.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: space-time
Date: May 28, 2020 08:07PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Grateful11
Date: May 28, 2020 08:13PM
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space-time
While I was at my workplace today, I scored three more N95's but with broken rubber straps
Why was the rubber band broken?
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: lost in space
Date: May 28, 2020 08:14PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: May 28, 2020 08:39PM
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While I was at my workplace today, I scored three more N95's but with broken rubber straps
Why was the rubber band broken?
My wife bought 20 feet of elastic off eBay for a decent price. Her plan was to make us some masks but she didn't think about the fact that her grandmothers sewing machine was in storage at another home.
Just replace the straps.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 28, 2020 09:28PM
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space-time
While I was at my workplace today, I scored three more N95's but with broken rubber straps
Why was the rubber band broken?
My wife bought 20 feet of elastic off eBay for a decent price. Her plan was to make us some masks but she didn't think about the fact that her grandmothers sewing machine was in storage at another home.
Just replace the straps.
You should be able to sew the elastic on with a needle and thread.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: jdc
Date: May 28, 2020 11:26PM
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space-time
While I was at my workplace today, I scored three more N95's but with broken rubber straps
Why was the rubber band broken?
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: mrbigstuff
Date: May 28, 2020 11:35PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: May 29, 2020 03:20AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Forrest
Date: May 29, 2020 03:26AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: d4
Date: May 29, 2020 07:20AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 29, 2020 07:55AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: d4
Date: May 29, 2020 09:11AM
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PeterB
That's why I did wear gloves, at least in the beginning. As I was working, it would have been impossible to wear the gloves because of the number of items I was touching, as well as sweating.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: May 29, 2020 10:31AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 29, 2020 11:46AM
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norse
The N95 masks are to protect you from others. The surgical masks are to protect others from you.
If there is no one around you in a room, just close the door and NOT wear a mask. If there are people around you, keep the social distance and wear your N95 mask. Hard to breathe with a N95 mask means you probably have it on correctly (see above post about fitting).
No real need to wear gloves unless you have open sores/break in skin or the things you are touching are gross. JUST DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE (EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH). Wash your hands with soap and water. The virus stays on gloves longer than skin.
No need to wear a mask in your car or walking outside with hardly anyone around. Put the mask on before entering the building until you're in your "safe" room. I would wash your hands before entering your "safe" room. No soap? Use hand sanitizer.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: May 29, 2020 12:15PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Pam
Date: May 29, 2020 12:52PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 29, 2020 01:55PM
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I basically did all of this. And yes, I'm wearing the N95 to protect myself, since I'm medium-high risk. There were people around me, but not very many and pretty distant, and I did notice that some of them were NOT wearing any sort of mask. That's part of why I chose to wear the N95. No close contact with anyone, but we do have a closed environment with an air conditioning system... there have been studies to show the virus in air conditioning filter systems.
Gloves ... I'm aware of their limitations, but the question is, if you are handling a large variety of objects, is it better to wear gloves or not? If I had worn the gloves, I would have had to change them extremely frequently, like every 2-3 minutes or so. In the end, it was easier for me just to wash my hands, but even that I could not do frequently enough -- again, I would have had to do it every 2-3 minutes or so. And it was difficult to wear gloves because 1) my hands got sweaty; 2) makes it hard to grip some objects without slipping.
I haven't given air conditioning much thought but it makes sense unless the air from them has been sanitized (UV light?)
Just leave the gloves off and use your bare hands. Just don't touch your face with the palm side of your hands. If the back of your hands comes in contact with anything don't touch your face with the back of your hands either.
No need to wash your hands as often. The farther the other people are away from you the better.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: May 29, 2020 02:01PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 29, 2020 02:46PM
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norse
Is this your workplace? What are you going to do when you go back to work there? Very hard to wear a N95 mask all day.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Gareth
Date: May 29, 2020 04:36PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: May 29, 2020 05:38PM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Ca Bob
Date: May 30, 2020 03:53AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: May 30, 2020 08:17AM
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RAMd®d
I saw a guy walking around in Safeway with a vented mask, and I talked to the store manager about it. He was a little reluctant to act but a little prodding got him going. The the guy was escorted out.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: May 30, 2020 12:40PM
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Ca Bob
Curious what you do that would require such frequent glove changes.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Sarcany
Date: May 31, 2020 01:13AM
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Curious what you do that would require such frequent glove changes.
Just handling a LOT of different surfaces -- furniture, equipment, door handles, keys, etc. Wearing gloves (or even not wearing them), I'm very aware of everything I'm touching and therefore possibly transferring stuff to my hands and also between surfaces.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: May 31, 2020 01:32AM
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Ca Bob
Curious what you do that would require such frequent glove changes.
Just handling a LOT of different surfaces -- furniture, equipment, door handles, keys, etc. Wearing gloves (or even not wearing them), I'm very aware of everything I'm touching and therefore possibly transferring stuff to my hands and also between surfaces.
Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: Diana
Date: May 31, 2020 01:47AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: PeterB
Date: June 01, 2020 08:57AM
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Re: Adventures in N95 masking
Posted by: norse
Date: June 01, 2020 12:02PM
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