Hey, Yeah, I was also concerned about the silicate shard possibility as well, so have been reading up on what the bag manufacturers have been saying in response. Which, with the exception of the Shop Vac group, claim that they’ve never used them. I tend to believe it cos they’re offering copies of their MSDS sheets (which must by law contain everything that goes into the product). Companies who’ve made this statement include:
Envirocare Technologies DVC Kirby Oreck Royal Vac America Hoover Take care, Jen ________________________________ From: h-costume <[email protected]> on behalf of Lynn Downward <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:00:29 PM To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Masks [EXTERNAL SENDER - PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY] Yes, the pleated version seems more user friendly. They fit better with glasses and fit different sizes of people more easily. I've made a couple dozen so far and they've fit everyone from my tiny-faced daughter to my bearded and large husband with no problems. I've made the type with the pocket in the center for filters and have used bias tape ties instead of elastic. We've been using cut down cone-style coffee filters. The vacuum bags people have talked about often have silicates in them, shards of glass-like pieces that are small enough to get in your lungs. Most of the you tube videos I've looked at say not to use them unless you're sure there's no silicates in them. On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 2:51 PM Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried several muslins of the mask style with the seam up the middle, > the one that is pointed above the nose. I ended up with the rectangular > pleated style which cooperates better with my glasses. > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > www.lavoltapress.com<http://www.lavoltapress.com> > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
