COVID 19 has pushed all of us inside our homes, and it has choked our social lives already.
Is the N95 mask suffocating you outside as well?
Do you miss breathing the fresh air around you?
Are you tired of wearing the same mask every day?
With the increasing number of COVID 19 cases, the availability of surgical masks is lower in the market. Although we are trying our best to practice social distancing, we still cannot avoid moving out of our homes once in a while. Considering the situation in hand, you simply can’t afford to forget your mask while stepping out!
What is the alternative then? How will you feel less out of breath in a mask? How will you avoid the sweat trickling down your face with most of it covered? Most importantly, how will you generally breathe in a mask?
If these questions are hovering around in your head, we might be able to help you with the answers.
The best alternative for you is to use a homemade cloth facemask. The biggest myth that is associated with cloth facemask is that it is ineffective in preventing the virus. Demystifying, cloth masks can be double layered and triple-layered. You just need to pick the right one.
Think about the primary function of a mask. It is to prevent your saliva droplets from reaching someone else and vice-versa. The thick material of your handmade cover, when double or triple-layered, provides enough protection from both ends. Before wearing your mask, do not forget to wash your hands. Wear your mask in a way so that it covers your nose and mouth. Tap here to make your own upcycled mask at home. Make the above points simple or remove some lines also.
There are certain advantages of handmade cloth facemasks over any other professionally made masks available in the market:
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1. Who makes your masks?
Do you know how these professional masks are made? Do you do wherefrom the cloth comes? Who stitches them? Or Who packs them? And What are its delivery processes? Since you can’t trace the manufacturing process. How can you be sure that none of the people involved in this process are infected? If your answers to most of these questions are ‘NO,’ then you better opt for a homemade mask. Because you can make them with your own hands, and you are aware of the resources you are using.
2. Get Creative
You have no control over the color or design of the masks available in the market, but when you make your masks, you design it according to your will. You might also like to match or contrast it with your favorite clothes.
3. Do it yourself (DIY)
This is the best time to practice some cool DIY tricks. You do not need any particular skills or buy anything extra to make a handmade cloth face mask. All you need is an internet connection, a good tutorial. So what are you waiting for? Get going.
4. Say hello to recycling
Surgical masks are a maximum twice or thrice use a mask, close to use and throw. On the other hand, if you are using a cloth facemask, you can use it as long as you want just that you have to wash it before you use it the next time.
5. Still, looking for more perks?
Cloth facemasks are easily washable and dry quickly. You can always have a couple of masks as alternatives and use them when one doesn’t dry in the rains! Surgical masks take forever to dry.
6. Dent that hole in your pocket
Handmade masks are super cost-effective. You can always use extra leftover cloth from your clothes to make them. You don’t even need to replace them unless they are badly torn or tattered. You can always make a new one whenever you want to.
8. Do not litter the streets
Disposing of a surgical mask is not hassle-free. You shouldn’t dispose of them anywhere you feel like. There are guidelines that you need to follow for disposing of them after each use. Handmade cloth masks save you the time and hassle of disposal too.
9. Personalized gifting ideas
Handmade cloth masks can be fabulous gifts for your loved ones too. It might be considered a beautiful gesture of gifting them something homemade as well as protective. What could be better in this pandemic?
Therefore, homemade masks are not only safe but also cost-effective. The government is also highly promoting its make and use nowadays, in countries around the world.
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