Hello, thank you for joining us. This is a video to teach you on how to make a handmade mask using surgical sterile wrap. As we first start out, make sure that you have a clean counter space, that you have wiped clean with hand sanitizer or soap and water to make sure that you minimize contamination of the masks being made. As our layout here, you can see that we have a surgical wrap, which is medically available, but only to healthcare providers. We have two versions of twist ties, a four inch and a seven inch. For the design shown today, we will be using one of each, but you can use whatever you have available. These are elastic bands for the ear loops that will be tied in this shape. I'll show you how to do that. These are cut out to be eight inches in length, but depending on how large your loop sizes need to be, you can adjust the length of that. Putting together the wrap, we will use a stapler and a paper clip. No sewing will be necessary for this mask making. So for this mask, this is a 12 by 12 inch halyard KC 100 surgical wrap that is commercially available. The benefit of this material is that for this one, it is fairly lightweight. It is the thinnest of six versions, KC 100 through 600. Specifically, the halyard brand with the ChimGuard PowerGuard technology is a single layer of three, sorry, is three layers of SMS, which is spun bond, melt blown spun bond, which allows for multiple microfibers that are interwoven so that it infuses the wrap fabric with a unique electric microfield surrounding the melt bone fibers. This varied network of charged fibers forms gradients within the fabric structure, enabling it to be highly effective at microbial capture and retention. The company has determined that it can achieve a over 99.9% barrier against bacteria. So first we'll look at the fabric. There is a more shiny side that can be your outer layer. The first thing we'll do is you can fold it in half to create a crease down the center. This will guide the center of your mask. We'll then take the shorter of the two, the four inch, and center it on the side closest to you. We'll then fold it across the loop about a centimeter in length and take your stapler, folding it across here to make a staple at the very edge of it. You would want to try to staple part of your twist tie, if possible, to hold it in place. We'll do this on the other side. Ideally, you would like to have a gap in between so that there's no stapler at the bridge of the nose. I do put a two additional staplers at the ends to hold the crimp in place, to hold the crimp in place, and thus the twist tie is held in place. We'll then flip it over and do the same thing to the other edge here. For the demonstration of this design, it is important I prefer to have the longer twist tie on what we will call the bottom of the mask. So again, you'll center it on the sheet and fold it just enough so that it covers the twist tie completely like that. We'll then staple it in the same way, this time putting five staples across the length of the twist tie. The goal for this is to have more security of the twist tie, but also to help you differentiate which one will be the top and the bottom. So the top of the mask will have four staples and the bottom will have five. Now you have five across, which will be your bottom of the mask, and four across, which will be the top of your mask. Then we start folding the face mask with a width of about two inches, one and a half to two inches across. You do want to have it start out so that the smooth side of the staplers are pointing upwards. We'll start folding across this way and then you'll be pleating it in an accordion-like fashion, just making sure that each of the levels are even with each other, and you accordion it back and forth until you finish the sheet. When we get to this side, you will need to fold the bottom side of the mask with the five staplers down. It doesn't matter if it ends up in the middle of the mask or towards the end, but the goal is that the rougher side or the two prongs of the staples both are pointing the same direction. In this side, you can see that they will be pointing downwards. You then take it and secure the mask in the center with your paper clip. We will then take the loop for the ear elastic, and on the side of the four staplers pointing upwards, which is the top of your mask, you'll fold the top of the mask in the same way. Which is the top of your mask. You'll place the knot over and then curl over, fold over your edge about three quarters of an inch or just enough to secure the band. Flip it over so that the nice smooth side of the staple will be on the outer side of the mask. I use about three staplers across just to hold the elastic band in place, and you can tug it to test it and make sure that it's secure. And then we do it on the other side. To make your ear loops, you can take your string, your elastic band, hold it together like this, twist and tie so that you have a knot at the end, making sure that the knot is close to the ends of the cut material so that you maintain as much of the elastic for the loop as possible. We'll do that on the same on this side, making sure that your edges are appropriately folded. Bring over the knot this way, curl down over it, just so that, again, the tucked edges are the same on both sides. Flip it over and secure with three or four staplers. There you go, making sure it's secure. So when it's all said and done, you'll be able to put these on for your ear and then open up your mask. So this is the best way to put on the mask as it is. It's a little bit easier to put it on than it is to put it on. So I'm going to show you how to put it on, and then I'm going to show you how to put it on. So this is the best way to put on the mask. As you can see here, we'll have the smooth edge with the smooth staplers facing outward compared to this side, which will be up against your face. The first thing, secure across the nose with the four staplers on the top and then pull down and across. You can use the twist ties to secure across the nose of the bridge, the bridge of the nose. And on the bottom, you'll be able to push the twist ties on the bottom to create a seal around the chin and jaw as well.

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