So we're starting with a standard face mask. You can get them in
bulk on amazon.
So the first step would be to measure
the ideal hole location in your mask. For most people,
on these masks, you want an inch and a half down
or two inches depending on your face size.
And then from this arc
Depending on what side of the hole, you can either have it
straight down the middle, which is three and a half inches, or
you could either choose three inches
from the left or from the right.
So i'm gonna do it
coming from the left, or right if you're facing me, of the mask.
And then one and a half to two inches down/
So once you've marked your standard hole location, you could also
put this on your face and just poke where you want to punch the hole.
So now that i have that, i'm going to expand to see if there's any creases where i've
marked the hole.
You want a firm durable surface on one side to hold down
when you're using this hole punch tool that comes with the grommet kit.
You're putting the sharp edge and twisting it to poke or to punch the
hole. So on the inside of the mask, hold your
firm durable surface, it could either be cardboard, one of these durable
heating masks mats or an eraser, which is what I'm using
Find your hole, press down
on the eraser and then twist.
Okay, so there's your hole.
Okay set your tools aside. So then the other componentsm you have
the top half of your grommet,
it's got a rounded front edge and a
small cylindrical embossment on this side.
So you'll face that
with the rounded side down.
This is your setting die.
And then the other half of your grommet tool
is a long metal cylinder, it comes with the kit
and you'll take your
bottom half, which is a really small disc shaped
cylinder.
You'll face that down with the rounded side,
there's a flat side and a rounded side, place the rounded side down
on this tool.
The front side of your mask is where you
want the top half of the grommet, so you'll face
that hole on the front side down onto your setting die with the top
half of the grommet on it already and then
the grommet setting tool and the bottom half of the grommet
on to,p and then you'll hammer that entire assembly down
a little too hard. So with these masks, because they're thinner
sometimes you have to insert your nail
in to pull it out, but this is what the hole will look like
with the grommet set into it. This is the front of the mask.
About our back of the mask, the last step is to insert your silicone
grommet with the attachable plug or the attached
plug. So to do that you have the plug,
you want that to be aligned so that from the front side the plug sticking
out is parallel to the top and bottom of
your mask, so do that from the inside.
Stick the plug through,
align it, and then from the inside of the mask
press the silicone grommet into the metal grommet.
Okay so now it's pressed in, and I'm aligning the silicone ridges around the
metal so that each side is hugging the
metal grommet.
Do the same thing to secure the alignment you'd like on
the front side
So this is the completed sip and puff straw adapted
mask from the front when the plug is open
then from the back, and when the plug is closed and the sip and
puff straw is not being used, the mask will look like