Ways to sanitize masks/cloth

Mar 15, 2003
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Don't plan to leave the house at all but just to prepare the mrs will be making some homemade masks. Questions:

1. I'll be getting hepa vacuum bags as a middle layer so handwashing them won't work (or will it) - suggestions?
2. I have a hand steamer - would that mess with the integrity of the filter?
3. Microwave?

I assume if it were as easy as lysol we wouldn't be having this big mask shortage, thanks for any suggestions - google's an unreliable mess
 

K1052

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Aug 21, 2003
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Making the mask so the filter media of choice is replaceable and the cloth portion can be washed seems like the way to go.

There are few really viable methods of sterilization that don't degrade the material N95s are made of which is part of what's causing the big PPE problem.