https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:50:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2183058 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 04:32:30 +0000 Jaime 2183058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have hooks by the door for coats and such, and a small stool with disposable masks by the door. I wash them on delicate and hang dry. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2183052 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 03:46:05 +0000 rachylou 2183052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clean in a plastic bin. Dirty in a plastic bag that hangs off the closet door handle. I do throw them in the dryer after handwashing, but I’ve acquired a lot so I’m not always washing and drying. I’m double masking now with disposables and hope it’s all good enough... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2183050 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 03:40:02 +0000 cjh 2183050@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I made all our cloth masks, I made a little drawstring bag to corral my clean ones. Husband keeps most of his in his truck console. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182820 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 06:58:00 +0000 N 2182820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We have a basket for ours. Husband refuses to wear cloth masks so wears the disposable kind but doesn't wear them properly, leaves his nose hanging out. He is a crazy antivaxxer/Anti masker...doesn't believe in corona...not the sort of thing you ask about before you get married but wish I had (¯―¯٥)　Aaaaanyway, me and the kids keep our masks in a basket. Littlest one has a few nice dino print ones that the eldest one is a little bit jealous about. Will have to get him some nice fabric and have some for him made. I put them in the washer and the dryer and they come out fine but a little wrinkled. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182817 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 05:41:33 +0000 Greyscale 2182817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a few types. My favorites are a brand called Vogmask that are almost N95 level filtration. I can’t wash those, because it damages the filter, so I hang them from a shelf to air out for a few days between uses, and wipe with ethanol sometimes. I also have some Uniqlo masks that I wash cold and air dry, and I assume any virus is dead within 3 days of use. I’ve mostly stopped using the homemade cotton ones my MIL sent us, because they’re less comfy than the Uniqlo ones, but those were washed hot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182773 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 02:03:42 +0000 Column 2182773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I meant the virus’ membrane; heat supposedly breaks down any virus left on the mask. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182768 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:38:13 +0000 Bonnie 2182768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wash mine in a lingerie bag, hang to dry, and keep them, Kondo style, in an empty tissue box with the top cut off in my lingerie drawer. We have a basket of disposable masks by the back door with the hand sanitizer. Used masks go in a lingerie bag after each wear.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182766 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:36:24 +0000 Isabel 2182766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not sure what you mean by "COVID layer" unless you're buying one of those masks with silver particles.&nbsp; Maybe I haven't heard of it...</p> <p>Anyway. I keep a box with tissue paper and put them in there in a drawer.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182758 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:06:55 +0000 suzieq 2182758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Don’t laugh, but my husband &amp; I have 2 drawstring bags that some Carnival blankets came in. They were gifts to us because we’re Platinum cruisers. Anyway, I took the blankets out. One bag is for my husband’s masks &amp; the other one is for mine. I hang them on the coat rack for easy access. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182756 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 01:03:06 +0000 Column 2182756@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla: Those masks are amazing!</p> <p>I figured if any group had a protocol for keeping masks disinfected in storage, it would be this one! </p> <p>Like you all, I have variously washed and air-dried on hangers and in lingerie bags. But on occasion now I throw them in the dryer for a few minutes after air-drying to kill any virus left. I place in bulk or individually in baggies at various points of use.  I also have a dedicated drawer.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.kent.edu/kent/news/kent-state-professors-research-proper-use-face-masks-better-protect-covid-19?utm_source=kentstatetoday&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=KST_JAN_21_2021">Here's the article</a> that made me ask. Lisa: Somewhere or other there is a discussion of the COVID membrane. Perhaps the docs and nurses on the forum can explain! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182744 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:24:47 +0000 JAileen 2182744@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla, that’s wonderful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182721 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:02:17 +0000 kkards 2182721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The good ones are always hanging on the drying rack lol. The other ones are stuffed in a bag in my car ( just in case), in a pocket on my backpack (just in case) and in the pocket of my coat (just in case). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182708 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 22:08:53 +0000 Carla 2182708@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There’s a ceramic bowl on a hutch near the front door with a collection of fabric masks for grab and go, and spares in zip lock baggies in both cars. &nbsp;After one day use, they go in the laundry and through a regular wash cycle - hang to dry. &nbsp;</p> <div><br /></div><div>I make 3-4 dozen masks every month for charity and for friends and family. &nbsp;My skills and methods have improved significantly since I first started making masks a year ago! &nbsp;The local fabric store got in a big bolt of polypropylene and I started making 3-ply masks this month. </p> <p>Pic below - the last batch of masks for charity.</p> </div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182707 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 22:07:36 +0000 Helena 2182707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the house we have them all hanging by the door ... And there's a small basket on the entry bench for the used ones when people come back in again. I wash them in a delicates bag in the washer and then hang them to dry.</p> <p>My kids keep an extra clean one their school bags and that one's in a ziploc type pouch, and I have one similarly stored in my car. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182704 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:53:51 +0000 Jules 2182704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hung a mesh laundry bag on our entryway hooks (no closet). So they are grab and go for going out, or for when people come to the door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182697 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:23:30 +0000 lisaflex 2182697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>wash, hang to dry, pop in dryer when dry on air fluff. we have a basket by door and I keep mine in ziplo0c bag in car.&nbsp;</p> <p>once I wear one in to 3 places, a clean one goes on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182680 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:47:54 +0000 Echo 2182680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't put mine in the dryer since they shrink. I keep the clean ones on a ziplock bag by the door so whoever is leaving can take one. I also keep a smaller bag with 5 in my handbag - just in case. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182679 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:40:34 +0000 Aquamarine 2182679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After washing, they are dried flat on a towel that sits on top of my dryer. Then I store them in modular drawers purchased from Amazon. We have so many masks now (family of 5, different sizes and needs) that I needed a dedicated storage spot. I keep a bunch of paper masks in ziplock bags stored in the glove compartment of each of our four cars. So if anyone forgets a mask—or feels the need to double mask—they are ready. It’s a car culture here in the ‘burbs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182677 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:32:49 +0000 Leslie 2182677@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I keep my masks in piles by color on a shelf by my front door. I grab one on my way out based upon my outfit colors. There is a basket under the shelf where I put the worn ones.</p> <p>I wash mine--all cotton--in warm water in a lingerie bag with my other things. I air dry them on a folding rack. I dry to use my dryer as little as possible, and I find that most of my clothing lasts...long past my interest in the pieces.</p> <p>I live alone, so my masks have never mingled with anyone else's masks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182669 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:11:57 +0000 unfrumped 2182669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I “ try” to keep clean ones in individual ziplock baggies, just because that’s the cue that they haven’t been worn since washing, and I can grab one for coat pocket or purse and if I didn’t use it, it’s still kinds compartmentalizations.<br /> I have a re-purposed wall- hanging mail slot/ key hooks thingy in a room not far from front door, so pile and hang some of them on that.<br /> I was keeping a box of disposable masks and some bagged masks on an inside window ledge by the front door, with some other supplies, but I got tired of that particular COVID decor and so rearranged. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182661 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:51:03 +0000 Anonymous 2182661@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gallon size baggy holds mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182659 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:45:08 +0000 Kate 2182659@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have quite a few of them, which I store in my lingerie drawer. Whenever I go out, I grab a clean one, and on return, it gets washed (by hand and air dried) and returned to the drawer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182652 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:26:05 +0000 JAileen 2182652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mine are in a pile on the dresser. &nbsp;I hand wash them, and hang them in the bathroom to dry. &nbsp;Even though I have a bunch, I really only use three. &nbsp;They are ones that I sewed two masks together, for four layers of fabric. &nbsp;Mine don’t have any elastic; they have long shoelaces for a tie. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182649 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:21:30 +0000 Janet 2182649@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hang them dry and then store them in a pouch in my car. There isn’t really a time I use them at home so it’s best to keep them in the car. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182647 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:15:32 +0000 Jenn 2182647@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t put mine in the dryer either, for the same reason as Lisa (although more concerned about the elastic degrading than shrinking). We keep clean masks in a basket by the front door. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182644 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:06:44 +0000 Anonymous 2182644@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Covid 19 membrane ? Most cloth masks are just cotton or synthetic blends , no? </p> <p>I don’t put mine in the dryer , but only because I don’t want the elastic to shrink . I hang them on a hook in the laundry room . Nothing very special about how I handle them . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/how-are-you-storing-masks#post-2182640 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:03:43 +0000 Column 2182640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since we're in the closet edit/reorganizing season:</p> <p>How are y'all storing cloth masks to keep them hygienic once out of the washer and dryer (this latter of which "degrades the COVID-19 membrane")? </p>