Choose between two mask styles from
household air filters
Original Mask
New Hybrid Mask
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Use Our Kits
One kit provides enough materials to make 20 high-quality masks:
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20 sets of precut mask patterns, ready to sew
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20 squares of pre-folded high quality air filter
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20 metal nose bridge pieces
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40 strips of elastic
OR Buy Your Own Supplies
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One residential replacement air filter (See note about how to select a good air filter. Any size will work.) MERV 12 and higher are best.
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Strong scissors or wire cutter (work gloves or an oven mitt would be helpful as well)
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Sewing machine (or needle and thread; dressmaking pins are helpful)
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Two 15-inch strips of 1/4” or 1/8” elastic (you could also tear an elastic section of an old shirt)
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One 4-6 inch strip of 1/2” wide x 1/64 thick aluminum (or cut a 6” strip cut from a wire clothes hanger and use some electrical tape to cover the sharp ends)
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100% cotton lightweight fabric
TESTIMONIAL
from University of North Carolina Hospitals Infection Prevention and Occupational Health Departments
“The masks you provided for our employees . . . were very much appreciated. Occupational Health is wondering if you would be willing to provide more. Yours are our approved cloth mask alternative since we don’t typically allow cloth masks. Thank you again for your generosity!"
Erica M. Pettigrew, MD, JD, MPH
Medical Director, Orange County Health Department
Medical Director, Occupational Health at UNC Medical Center
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Emily Sickbert-Bennett PhD, MS, CIC
Director, Infection Prevention, UNC Hospitals
Administrative Director, Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, UNC Hospitals
Associate Professor of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health