Mask-o-tronica 3 - tube masks - UPDATED
Jun. 15th, 2020 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phosfateWhat?
Tubes of fabric that you pull over your face and adjust to fit. In theory and the provided diagrams they are super adjustable.
Where?
1 - EBay for a buck postpaid
2- the gas station for under ten bucks
So?
1 - The eBay tubes are made of cheap stretch knit, available in loads of designs bootlegged from all over the internet, including one from a rural Minnesota marathon. Took six weeks to ship except for one that still hasn't arrived. They are VERY TIGHT and I have a headache just from trying to pull one on my big giant head. My nose and ears are also unhappy about the two-second crushing it received.
2 - Available wherever gas is. Made of wide weave semitransparent cloth that won't stop a thing. The fabric will rip up your skin. The designs tend to be very MAGA. They're meant to protect bikers from UV, bugs and road crap.
That's a no then?
1 - No as-is. BUT if you sew and want a mask wardrobe refresh, you can get at least two masks out of each tube. You'll have to add your own ties/elastic/whatever, but it's still a good deal and you don't have to leave the house. If you like bandanas, cut the tube open along one side and unfold. But unlike cotton bandanas, these will not make good napkins. Also if your teddy or monkey would like an op art suit or dress, they're perfect. MAY be fun for kids to play with or wear, depending on the size of the kid, but use the same caution you would with anything that goes into their costume box or over their faces. I don't really know what kids like. The only kid I know is Cohen next door and he's mostly into those plastic kid forts until the zoo re-opens and he can feed the giraffes. I like Cohen. I just wish he'd put on some pants.
2 - Oh HELL no. If you want Walking Dead or screaming skull or Blue Lives Matter masks, buy safe ones for the same money. JUST WEAR A FUCKING MASK OKAY?
UPDATE 15 June: So I was just in the *ahem* and it occurred to me that if you have a hunk of knit/tee/spandex around the house that making a tube mask that fits your personal head and is the size you like would be the easiest thing in the world. You don't even have to sew well or use a machine (a machine would take about 20 seconds, by hand half an episode of L&O or whatever's on nowadays). So you can make a tee mask without the @#$%ing ties. Let me know how it goes if you try it.
Tubes of fabric that you pull over your face and adjust to fit. In theory and the provided diagrams they are super adjustable.
Where?
1 - EBay for a buck postpaid
2- the gas station for under ten bucks
So?
1 - The eBay tubes are made of cheap stretch knit, available in loads of designs bootlegged from all over the internet, including one from a rural Minnesota marathon. Took six weeks to ship except for one that still hasn't arrived. They are VERY TIGHT and I have a headache just from trying to pull one on my big giant head. My nose and ears are also unhappy about the two-second crushing it received.
2 - Available wherever gas is. Made of wide weave semitransparent cloth that won't stop a thing. The fabric will rip up your skin. The designs tend to be very MAGA. They're meant to protect bikers from UV, bugs and road crap.
That's a no then?
1 - No as-is. BUT if you sew and want a mask wardrobe refresh, you can get at least two masks out of each tube. You'll have to add your own ties/elastic/whatever, but it's still a good deal and you don't have to leave the house. If you like bandanas, cut the tube open along one side and unfold. But unlike cotton bandanas, these will not make good napkins. Also if your teddy or monkey would like an op art suit or dress, they're perfect. MAY be fun for kids to play with or wear, depending on the size of the kid, but use the same caution you would with anything that goes into their costume box or over their faces. I don't really know what kids like. The only kid I know is Cohen next door and he's mostly into those plastic kid forts until the zoo re-opens and he can feed the giraffes. I like Cohen. I just wish he'd put on some pants.
2 - Oh HELL no. If you want Walking Dead or screaming skull or Blue Lives Matter masks, buy safe ones for the same money. JUST WEAR A FUCKING MASK OKAY?
UPDATE 15 June: So I was just in the *ahem* and it occurred to me that if you have a hunk of knit/tee/spandex around the house that making a tube mask that fits your personal head and is the size you like would be the easiest thing in the world. You don't even have to sew well or use a machine (a machine would take about 20 seconds, by hand half an episode of L&O or whatever's on nowadays). So you can make a tee mask without the @#$%ing ties. Let me know how it goes if you try it.