How To Handle a Plague, Bonus Link: Unfogging your Glasses

[gaudior]

Bonus Link: How to Keep Your Glasses From Fogging Up While Covering Your Face!

Helpful Video Tutorial!

If you don't have time to watch the video, it's basically: fold something up (best is a piece of aluminum foil) into a thin wire-like shape, which you then put into the top of your mask, and fold down to fit the shape of your nose, which prevents your breath from getting out. Or use a tissue to absorb the moisture, or fold the top of the mask down to fit your nose more snugly. Fun fact: clean glasses will fog up less!

I don't think this will be the only entry today, but it may depend on how tired I am at the end of the day. But this seemed good enough to bring to you all immediately.

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--R

Comments

[rachelmanija]

THANK YOU. This is so great! I will sew additions on to my masks today.

[kore]

I honestly wish I could wear a mask at this point, even a bandana. But having stuff on my face has always triggered bad anxiety attacks, and now with the added fear of "And if you do it wrong, you could DIE/KILL OTHER PEOPLE" it's gotten way worse.

[ladyjax]

thank you!

[marahmarie]

Haven't tested this with a mask yet, but here to tell you it worked insofar as I washed my glasses before pushing them up into my freshly shampooed/still damp hair tonight, which usually fogs them right up. They stayed clear as....glass...this time. V. impressed.

Edit: oh darn, this was the wrong tutorial to leave this reply on. What I thought I was responding to was the how-to I saw today, which among other things mentioned simply washing your glasses with soap and water, then letting them air dry or gently patting them dry yourself if you're in a rush (I did the latter). Which is working like a charm, so far.

[rydra_wong]

I don't wear glasses, but wanted to mention that this also improves mask quality by preventing gaping around the nose.

I gather people have been using pipecleaners, and there's also a thing called "soft tie" (in the UK at least? it may have a different name elsewhere) which is sold for tying up plants and which is bendable wire with a thick soft rubber coating; it is brilliant for this use as it's comfortable and you can stitch directly through the rubber to fix it in place inside the mask.

[cesy]

I have been really struggling with that.

[sonia]

The aluminum foil trick is working great for me, thank you!