Using blue shop towels in homemade face masks can filter particles 2x to 3x better than cotton, three clothing designers discover after testing dozens of fabrics
, like something out of a WWII "it's up to you" poster.
Suay's fashion niche is industrial "upcycling" a big fashion trend these days . The company takes unsold clothing items from major brands, such as Patagonia down vests,But the mask instructions circulating on the internet are not geared to any kind of professional, industrial production. Pro shops use digital instructions, not the kind of paper patterns people buy from fabric shops like Joann's, she says.
No one seemed to be thinking about the fabric that the instructions called for: cotton and cotton fill for the filter. Suay Sew Shop CEO Lindsay Medoff testing mask particle filtration on the home made lab she and her friends built"We spent a few days researching and brainstorming any material that could filter: coffee filters, batting, window shades, Swiffer, interfacing, etc., all the way to more technical materials that are available to specialized industrial sectors like aviation, oil refinery, medical fields," says Schempf.
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