face coverings and glasses

[Samcro]

i made my self a "mask" fits well all ok. made it using that sewing bee guys way. just tweaked the ear bit and used ties as elastic would not stay on my ears(glasses)problem is I can't see as my glasses fog up.
HELP

I have the same problem! No advice I'm afraid. Fortunately I don't drive for a living or it would be a serious problem.

I'm resigned to probably having to take off my glasses in theatres etc and put up with not seeing clearly. Either that, or I'll have to pay for eye surgery to have my lenses replaced with artificial ones!

There is no solution. I spend all day with fugged up glasses at work and that's with anti fog strips in my masks!

I have tried a scarf and a disposable mask, and with both my glasses steamed up really badly. I thought that maybe it would stop after a minute or two like when you come in from the cold, but it didn't. This was only going round the supermarket. I need my glasses to see what I'm buying. I kept having to touch the mask and my glasses to adjust my view. I think I am safer without the mask. I'm literally only going out to the shops anyway.

Instead of having your glasses where they normally sit pull your glasses out from your face a little bit. The air can get up and past them then and they don't fog up. *Disclaimer this is based on a huge sample of 2 so may not work for everyone!

You could try rubbing a very small of dairy liquid over the inside surface of the lenses with a soft tissue. This is what they used to do in the past in motorsport to stop visors steaming up.

Fairy liquid NOT dairy liquid !

I don't know if this would work, but when scuba diving, you spit on your mask, then rinse it off and that stops you fogging up under water?

Pretty gross, but anything is worth a shot, right?

I have hear that putting a flexible metal part (like a paper clip?) can help. Then you can mould it around your nose? But I haven’t tried it yet?

Wash your glasses with a bit of fairy liquid. Should last forever.

A nurse friend of mine posted recently that the thing they find most helpful in this situation is to clean your glasses with shaving foam. Works a treat apparently.

Shaving foam.

I have made masks following this tutorial, which has a pipe cleaner sewn into the top seam. This allows you to contour it to your face, and with a bit of fiddling I can contour it so my glasses don't fog up.
www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Face-Mask-With-Filter-Pocket/

Also, try breathing out through your nose.

@Effinell they are varifocals so the would make it worse I think.

I will try the fairy liquid.
don't have any shaving foam.

Lol. I try to 'breath down'.
I must end up pulling some funny faces but it's OK as I am hiding behind the mask.

Disclaimer: I haven't tried this yet but someone suggested tucking a tissue in the top of the mask.

The wire does help.

Yes i have this all the time and also the mask rides up to my eyes.

Thankfully I do not need one at work, only travelling on the bus/going shopping.

I’m a surgeon who wears glasses so have had to find a solution to this!
The trick is to mould the mask to your nose ( need a bendy strip sewn in. You use a piece of micropore tape ( or other gentle sticky tape) along the top of the mask to stick in tightly to your face.

It works!

Sew a pipe cleaner across the top of the mask so you can press it into the ridge of your nose.

My mask had a bendy bit, and I'm always washing them with washing up liquid as they get filthy. Still steamed up. Mine are also verifocals so can't really change position. I don't use Fairy Liquid as it strips the skin off my hands - surely other washing up liquids would work? Or maybe it is the skin-stripping ingredient I need to keep my glasses clear 😆

Thanks for the tips, i am going to try the washing up liquid first.