Make your own "Mask Cover"
At present, it is difficult to get masks because they are sold out all over the world. It's the same in Japan. Instead, in Japan, more and more people are making their own a "Handmade Mask" using cloth or gauze that can be washed and reused.
Masks are not the best way to prevent viral infections. It is most important that everyone understands exactly how people get infected and that you do not create such a situation.
https://koremojp.blogspot.com/2020/03/to-prevent-spread-of-covid-19.html
Masks are not the best way to prevent viral infections. It is most important that everyone understands exactly how people get infected and that you do not create such a situation.
https://koremojp.blogspot.com/2020/03/to-prevent-spread-of-covid-19.html
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| Make your own "Mask Cover" |
Unlike commercially available masks, they are not effective in preventing viral infections. However, it is said that it has a certain effect to prevent droplets and dry throat caused by cough.
So I recommend the use of "Handmade Cover" to cover commercial masks for repeated use.
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| How to use a mask cover |
You can use it just by putting it on a disposable mask. It can be made by hand or by sewing machine, and can be used many times after washing.
You don't need a pattern. Please prepare A4 size cloth. We use thin gauze for the fabric. If you use thick fabric, you will have difficulty breathing.
Make these sizes to match the size of the mask you have.
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| You need to make a mask cover to fit your face size. |
Because it is desirable to wear a mask so that it completely covers from the nose to the chin, you need to make a mask cover to fit your face size.
The mask cover can be made by hand sewing or sewing machine. You can make this with almost straight stitches, so it's easier to sew with a sewing machine.
You make a tube with cloth and put a commercially available mask through the tube. The material used for mask covers is patterned or colorful cloth, which is currently in fashion in Japan.
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| The material used for mask covers is patterned or colorful cloth in Japan |
However, saliva and bacteria will stick to the mask, so please change the mask regularly. Also, when removing the mask from your face, please hold the rubber part with your hands so that you do not touch the cloth directly with your hands.
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| Please hold the rubber part with your hands. |
On the Japanese websites, more specific instructions are published along with photos.
使い捨てマスクが何度も使える！マスクカバーの作り方
（You can use disposable masks many times! How to make a mask cover.）
https://halmek.co.jp/life/c/housekeeping/2009
You can search by the words "マスクカバー ハンドメイド" and "マスクカバー 手作り". If the information is explained with images, you should be able to understand the contents even if you cannot read Japanese.
If you prepare several mask covers, you can use one commercially available mask effectively. Please refer to it.
Caution:
Forcing a child to wear a mask may, in turn, spread the virus. The airborne virus will stick to the surface of the mask. This is because children tend to touch their faces, etc., with their hands unconsciously, which increases the risk of touching something else with those hands.
Don't overestimate the effect of the mask.
I wrote this article because I watched this news.
甲府市の中学１年生の女子生徒が、自分で作ったマスクおよそ６００枚を県に寄付しました。— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) March 17, 2020
多い時には１日に５時間かけて３０枚以上作っているということで、これまでにかかった材料費およそ８万円は、幼いころから貯めてきたお年玉でまかなったということです。https://t.co/I5pVHSbyh1 pic.twitter.com/JZEfQAaXiD
This Japanese girl used her savings to buy $700 worth of materials and made 600 masks. She then donated them to her hometown.
Did you come to like Japan because there was someone like her?
How to wash the mask cover
1. Soak the mask cover in standard detergent for 10 minutes.2. Chlorine bleach (15mL) : 1L of water
Soak the mask cover for 10 minutes.
3. Rinse it thoroughly with tap water.
4. Tuck it into a clean towel and take the moisture.
5. Shaped and hung to dry
As a precautionary note when working, don't wash more than one mask cover at a time.
Also, disposable masks cannot be cleaned and reused.
Don't throw used disposable masks on the road; COVID-19 is said to last for hours to days. If the mask is contaminated with the virus, someone else will be infected with it. When you throw away a disposable mask, you need to put it in a plastic bag and seal it up.
See you.
