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AlCapone2k
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Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars
#23856647 - 11/22/16 09:33 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey guys,
we have a small mushroom cultivation shop in town and he also sells filters for jars. I talked to the guy there a bit and I found out: His Filters are just circles cut out from surgical masks like these:

Has anyone tried this before? You could cut them out in the size you need and use them as SFDs over the whole jar hole or just cut small circles to use them with silicone on jar lids.
What do you guys think? Could that work? I mean they allow GE (for breathing you know) without letting any contamination go through (to avoid infections during surgical operations).
That might work - he says he has never any contamination problem.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857565 - 11/22/16 02:42 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Use the search engine to look up making filters from tyvek bodysuits. You can make more at a lower price.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: Tira] 1
#23857637 - 11/22/16 03:00 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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You have a mushroom growing shop in your town.
Real life?
That's crazy man. Crazy cool. I often wish I lived elsewhere.
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TheShroomster01
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: Moabfighter]
#23857660 - 11/22/16 03:07 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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If you buy sticky felt patches, you don't have to change them every single time.
Edit: I've never tried this method but the masks are made for catching mouth bacterias so i cant see why it wouldn't work.
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Edited by TheShroomster01 (11/22/16 03:14 PM)
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AlCapone2k
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: TheShroomster01]
#23857756 - 11/22/16 03:31 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Tira said: Use the search engine to look up making filters from tyvek bodysuits. You can make more at a lower price.
Tyvek is known as causing some problems. Furthermore it's an American product, we in Europe don't have it. Surgical mascs can be bought in every country that has hospitals 
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Moabfighter said: You have a mushroom growing shop in your town.
Real life?
That's crazy man. Crazy cool. I often wish I lived elsewhere.
Yeah, that's really cool, it is an online shop but I called him and he invited me to his warehouse. I can get there everything I need. And I live in a city with not more than 300k citizens
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TheShroomster01 said: If you buy sticky felt patches, you don't have to change them every single time.
Edit: I've never tried this method but the masks are made for catching mouth bacterias so i cant see why it wouldn't work.
Good idea with the patches. I will try the masks as filters next time but I'm a noob and maybe I cant say if they work well ... therefore I ask if someone tried them or one of the pro is willing to try it.
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TheShroomster01
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857780 - 11/22/16 03:36 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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You should go on eBay. I've purchased all of my cultivation gear on eBay at a pretty low price. I have masks like this too bought in China, they work great and I think i payed less than 1 euro for 100.
Takes three weeks to get home though.
Edit: How do you plan on using these patches from the mask?
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Edited by TheShroomster01 (11/22/16 03:40 PM)
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AlCapone2k
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: TheShroomster01]
#23857830 - 11/22/16 03:52 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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The stuff at the store here is very cheap and i further get 20% discount 
I don't know yet, cause I don't have a drill bit I think I will try to put it between jar and lid and just screw the lid on
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857843 - 11/22/16 03:56 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Okay nice. What ever is easiest.
I wouldn't put the mask inside of the jar. There have been more posts with people doing that and getting contamination in the filter because it sucks the moisture from the cake/grains ect.
Put your filter on the outside, the inside is for spawn.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857871 - 11/22/16 04:07 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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dont use that stuff. get proper filters. use tight polyfill (polyester) if you dont wanna wait for shipping.
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AlCapone2k
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23857882 - 11/22/16 04:09 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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But how to do that with jars with one piece lids?
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spacechildo said: dont use that stuff. get proper filters. use tight polyfill (polyester) if you dont wanna wait for shipping.
I can and want to wait for shipping, but the company selling SFDs didn't answer my two mails about shipping to Germany.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857890 - 11/22/16 04:11 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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it was a trick question, you never wanna wait for shipping.  stuff some polyester in those holes. tightly.
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AlCapone2k
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23857922 - 11/22/16 04:19 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah, I'm using polyfil at the moment and it works fine
But maybe theres an easier way, cause stuffing polyfil really tight is always a hard job
Have you every tried aquarium filters? They are also 100% Polyester but far more dense than pillow stuffing.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857949 - 11/22/16 04:27 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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sounds expensive. stuffing poly is a 1 time job tho. how many new lids do you need anyway before your sfd's come? which you'll cut to size and silicone on.. I dont see any reason what so ever to use those masks.
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23857963 - 11/22/16 04:30 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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was just interested if someone tried that.
I would not use silicone, I thought just to screw the lid on the jar with the mask filter in between. It's so thin, it can be screwed into the threadings.
Regards
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23857968 - 11/22/16 04:32 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm talking about the sfd's you're waiting on.
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AlCapone2k
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23858029 - 11/22/16 04:53 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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There was a language problem I think, I have not bought any SFDs til now. The ones from America I couldn't order cause the shop didn't answer my mail about shipping to Germany and here nobody is selling SFDs.
What are the SFDs made from? I can't imagine they are produced only for mycology. Maybe they are used in a different hobby or different profession and I could look for them there? Understand what I mean?
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: AlCapone2k]
#23858061 - 11/22/16 05:04 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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polyester afaik  https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19938845/fpart/all/vc/1
why would you rather use an untested version of sfd's than the tried and true poly stuffed holes BTW`?
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TheShroomster01
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23858097 - 11/22/16 05:16 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Go for the sticky filter patches if you wanna try something New.
They cost nothing and doesnt need to be replaced everytime.
They are just like SFD's. You can also just inject through Them if you dont have SHIP's in your lids but it reduces durability thought.
I did find the SFD's to be really annoying regering finding the inoc holes...
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Edited by TheShroomster01 (11/22/16 05:19 PM)
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: TheShroomster01]
#23858109 - 11/22/16 05:22 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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what's sticky filter patches?
I hope you're not inoc'ing through your sfds?
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TheShroomster01
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Re: Using surgical Masks as a GE Filter in Jars [Re: spacechildo]
#23858117 - 11/22/16 05:25 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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The patches you put under chairs, tables and what not.
Well.. RR told me to, so ofc.. I dont use them anemone though.
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