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I attended an on-campus training meeting yesterday with my two library co-workers. One problem that I've had with every mask that I've tried is fogging my glasses, and all three of us wear glasses - library workers, who'da thunk!
We had a brief side conversation because the masks that the university bought and gave to all employees are basically junk. My boss was wearing one, and it kept sliding off her face. One of the women running the training gave her one that she'd made, and it worked much better, and the problem of glasses fogging came up. Pipe cleaners inserted or sewn on top were discussed, the problem that I'd found was that the pipe cleaners that I'd ordered the wire was far too thin, I'd considered entwining two or three together to see if that would provide enough stiffness, hadn't done it yet.
Then the training woman said they'd found the solution: 2" round top brass paper fasteners. These are the ones that you'd stick through punched papers to bind them together. You can mold them precisely across your nose and cheek-bones, and it greatly reduces fogging. It didn't eliminate it in my one test, but it did cut it down considerably. And they're cheap: box of 100 was $6 at Staples.
Staples only had one type: a unibody that you couldn't remove the round button top. So you look like you stole C3PO's nose. I'm OK with that.
Another trick that I've heard doctors use is to wash your glasses with soapy water and let them air drive, so that a film of soap stays on them. Apparently the soap film prevents the fog from forming on the glasses.
So a couple of things to try as some of us may be returning to work.
I attended an on-campus training meeting yesterday with my two library co-workers. One problem that I've had with every mask that I've tried is fogging my glasses, and all three of us wear glasses - library workers, who'da thunk!
We had a brief side conversation because the masks that the university bought and gave to all employees are basically junk. My boss was wearing one, and it kept sliding off her face. One of the women running the training gave her one that she'd made, and it worked much better, and the problem of glasses fogging came up. Pipe cleaners inserted or sewn on top were discussed, the problem that I'd found was that the pipe cleaners that I'd ordered the wire was far too thin, I'd considered entwining two or three together to see if that would provide enough stiffness, hadn't done it yet.
Then the training woman said they'd found the solution: 2" round top brass paper fasteners. These are the ones that you'd stick through punched papers to bind them together. You can mold them precisely across your nose and cheek-bones, and it greatly reduces fogging. It didn't eliminate it in my one test, but it did cut it down considerably. And they're cheap: box of 100 was $6 at Staples.
Staples only had one type: a unibody that you couldn't remove the round button top. So you look like you stole C3PO's nose. I'm OK with that.
Another trick that I've heard doctors use is to wash your glasses with soapy water and let them air drive, so that a film of soap stays on them. Apparently the soap film prevents the fog from forming on the glasses.
So a couple of things to try as some of us may be returning to work.
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Date: 2020-06-21 02:58 pm (UTC)My wife acquired some KN-95s that have a little metal strip and that works ok.
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Date: 2020-06-21 04:30 pm (UTC)I acquired a box of 95 masks before it became apparent that Our Beloved Leader wasn't going to do anything with the national stockpile except dole it out to his friends, and perhaps sell it, so we sent it to a doctor friend in NH. She appreciated it. Haven't seen them since. I kind of wish I'd kept them for my dad, I haven't seen his numbers but he's still doing chemo for another month, IIRC.
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Date: 2020-06-22 03:22 pm (UTC)But yeah, more important for immunocompromised folks to not just wear them, but to not be around the idiots who refuse to wear any.
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Date: 2020-06-22 05:00 pm (UTC)OK, I was wondering what the diff was between N- and KN-. Thanks for the clarification! On-campus, we're requiring everyone to wear masks full-time. Problem is, guaranteed that's not going to happen. Too many idiots out, like the latest meme that says wearing one increases the amount of CO2 in your blood. And locally we have the idiot who started the "The only good democrat is a dead democrat" - he's a County Commissioner.