Test data shows that the best choices for DIY masks are cotton t-shirts, pillowcases, or other cotton materials.<\/p>\n
These materials filter out approximately 50% of 0.2 micron particles, similar in size to the coronavirus. They are also as easy to breathe through as surgical masks, which makes them comfortable enough to wear for several hours.<\/p>\n
Doubling the layers of material for your DIY mask gives a very small increase in filtration effectiveness, but makes the mask much more difficult to breathe through.<\/p>\n
Click here to read the original article: https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/best-materials-make-diy-face-mask-virus\/<\/a><\/p>\n Knowledge Base Protecting Yourself Masks What Are Some Good Materials for Making DIY Masks? Test data shows that the best choices for DIY masks are cotton t-shirts, pillowcases, or other cotton materials. These materials filter out approximately 50% of 0.2 micron particles, similar in size to the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4824,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"helpdesk_category":[761,613],"helpie_tag":[897,186,450,192,1155,896,178],"helpie_add_tag":[],"helpie_up_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4619","pauple_helpie","type-pauple_helpie","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpdesk_category-masks","helpdesk_category-protecting-yourself","helpie_tag-cotton","helpie_tag-diy","helpie_tag-mask","helpie_tag-material","helpie_tag-pillow-case","helpie_tag-t-shirt","helpie_tag-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pauple_helpie"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5122,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4619\/revisions\/5122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpdesk_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpdesk_category?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_tag?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_add_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_add_tag?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_up_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_up_tag?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}