Many people now wear cloth face masks. But not a lot of people have a sewing machine or the patience to sew a mask. In this video, I will show you how to DIY a cloth face mask without sewing. Since you have the option of adding a filter, you can guarantee the best quality if you can get a good filter. Since this design seals the gaps that often result on the sides of ordinary cloth or surgical masks, it would be comparable to an N95 mask.
After our video “DIY face masks in 10 seconds & improve cheaper masks” https://youtu.be/Wg-cwD4Edac went viral, our viewers asked us many questions about reducing the gaps at the edges of masks. Beside the cloth face mask, another attempt to seal the sides is shown in this video: https://youtu.be/79cleCN1oiY Please subscribe to our channel, we will be making more similar videos.
When you realize you forgot to bring our face mask to shop at a store that requires face covering, you may be able to use something you are wearing to make a mask! A long sleeve shirt is pretty easy, but what if you only have a T-shirt? And if you don’t even have a T-shirt, this video will show you how to use any fabric you have with you: https://youtu.be/9UjZbNv79qY
We have previously shown how to test multiple layers of filtering at home: https://youtu.be/8mCPB8n065Y In another video, https://youtu.be/25lDoBSsQG8 I have given you a variety of strategies, you may choose to use some of them depending on what you have, and varying materials, different particles and different tools. This video can also be used to check filtering effectiveness for things other than masks such as DIY vacuum bags, DIY air purifier filters etc.
Besides the issues of face mask shortage, we also have experienced a shortage of toilet paper. What do you do if toilet paper is sold out and using other kinds of paper will clog the pipes? Americans use an average of 23.6 toilet paper rolls per person a year. Here is my DIY solution to resolve that problem:
https://youtu.be/ZWQ3UG6hGzo
The best part — it won’t cost anything.
What do you do if face shields are in short supply? Face shields are especially critical for medical staff, but a lot of suppliers are out of stock. This video will show you how to make your own, with two different designs you can choose from:
https://youtu.be/e8_guxtEYqg
For lockdown and stay-at-home orders, we also made a few other videos:
When you go out shopping or bring in things you have purchased after your trip, have you investigated every step so that you have the lowest probability of picking up invisible germs? In this https://youtu.be/3xNTNRehrE4 video, we share with you things we do to minimize the risks. Depending on your own situation, you should examine your process to see if you have additional possibilities of cross contamination, and you can modify based on the principles we discuss in this video.
Have you ever tested how effective your handwashing is? You still get a cold every year even though you swear that you washed your hands very well, right? This video will provide a way for you to test your handwashing skills or you can use this as a way to convince your kids to wash hands well. Also this test method can help us to try different methods.
https://youtu.be/-YrBEj1fSPU
Since barber shops are closed, how do I self hair cut? For an average amateur to compensate for the lack of experience, then it becomes critical to have proper tools to guard against mistakes and to speed up your learning. In this https://youtu.be/d7Q_LA_Cmzc video we introduce 13 special tools, some of which are commercially available but you may not have heard of, and some of which are created by us and do not cost you anything. Regardless of the cost, it pays to spend the money or time effort to have those tools because you will recoup the investment by saving thousands of dollars on haircuts over your lifetime.
In another video https://youtu.be/H2TUoGtAVkM we discussed short hair. If you keep longer hair on the top section, this video https://youtu.be/Yami2wd1Tg8 includes 8 different haircut experiments to show you what it would look like when you cut to different hair lengths. You may have already heard advice from professionals, but these videos show you that as a beginner, for some of the practices, you may have to do the opposite in order to lower the “bad haircut” risk. They are a must-see before you cut your own hair.
A lot of people are afraid of doing a self-haircut because they fear irreversible mistakes. But even if you do have a family member to help instead of doing a self-haircut, the techniques discussed in this video certainly will help your helpers have more confidence, save their time, and improve the quality of what they do, so this video is not just limited to self-haircutting.
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