Face masks and nose clips

No, but proper FFP2 / FFP3 masks have a metal strip in them to shape/squeeze against the nose. Perhaps that could be fasioned with a suitable strip of thin metal?

Theo

We DIY masks with a pocket for a nose wire. Plastic covered garden wire works well (with the ends folded back); doubled up if it's thin stuff. Might be possible to tack a pocket to bought masks.

Even those I find will steam up my glasses. What I tend to do is remove my glasses, bend the metal strip in the mask into a tight U before putting the mask on, then put the mask on and put my glasses back on and seat them hard down on the bridge of my nose so that they pinch the mask and seal any gap. It doesn't always work, but usually.

Doesn't your face mask already have a wire strip in the nose position?

my masks have something like this for the nose wire ...

Try sticking about 12 cm of foam draught excluder along the wire inside the mask. That should help seal the gap between the mask and the skin either side of your nose under your eyes.

Whether your skin will or will not become irritated by any chemicals in the foam is something only answerable by trying it.

David snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com wrote in news:hu3hpgFded8U4 @mid.individual.net:

A bit of copper wire in the seam does the trick

David explained :

A paperclip, straightened out, with the ends folded over to avoid the sharp ends, then pushed along inside the top seam of the mask works for me. Centre the clip over your nose, then bend it around to fit reasonably tightly.

Of the half-dozen or so different non-medical face masks I have bought, in various designs, only one came with a nose strip.

Probably had a strip but along the bottom edge. You have to watch out for those convex spoons, too.

Yes but it makes everyone sound like they are American athletes with too many teeth. Just put some washing up liquid on the inside or your specs, or indeed the outside.. There are all sorts of bespoke preparations that say they stop windows and glasses misting, have you tried any? Myself its academic these days! Brian

And left-handed teacups, and nails with the heads on the wrong end. The world is full of things deliberately created to confuse the unwary!

That's what I do.

Clean your lenses with soapy water and then dry Then rub soap on your lenses and smear it all around. Leave a while. Wipe clear with a tissue.

It will provide some relief from steaming up for some period of time.

Just to note that I ordered some nose clips. Tried one today and it does stop my glasses steaming up.

Downsides are it is a bit uncomfortable, and the moisture which would have come down my nose and steamed up my glasses was left bubbling away up there.

On balance I think it is a win. I shall see how it goes long term.

Cheers

Dave R