A situation in which you can't see or breathe is a situation you are not likely to come out on top of. An easy remedy for this is to have a gas mask in your bug out supplies or be able to make yourself a gas mask out of readily available supplies. Learn how you can do this with the tutorial below.
Two-liter bottle
Soda can
Rubber bands
Cotton pad rounds
Duct tape
Activated Charcoal
Step 1:
Remove the bottom of the two litter bottle. Next, cut two six- inch vertical slits into the bottle, upward toward the cap.
Step 2:
Sever the section between the two slits along the two-liter bottle so that a funnel-like shape is created with the bottom missing as well as a rectangular cut-out.
Step 3:
Use duct tape to seal up the sides of the plastic.
Step 4:
Remove the bottom of the aluminum can and poke several holes through it.
Step 5:
Next, place one cotton round within the canister you have created (the bottom of the can with holes at the base) add a layer of charcoal on top.
Step 6:
Next, sandwich the charcoal with another cotton round.
For the last two steps, you'll want to create a hole at the center of the filter. Then slide over the tip of the two-liter bottle followed by taping both of the sections together. After that, poke two holes in the corner of your mask and the connect the two holes with a rubber band (this will keep it around your head). Add duct tape to the edges that are sharp and you're all set!
This is a fairly simple project if you have a knife or scissors and the supplies on hand. What makes this so useful is that you can make several of them right now, when you have plenty of time to spend on it, and keep them stashed in your bugout supplies.
They may not be as effective for as long as the factory-made gas masks, but they should at least get you away from the riots and the city.
This is an excellent tutorial that everyone should make a note of in their SHTF binders. For the original article and to see more tips, go to American Preppers Network.
I actually made 3 of these. I use the very 1st one I made and gave the other two to some friends. They were better improvements.
Nathan E Turner, Justin Bunch that is what i was talking about!!!
Sho nuff
One of the better ideas I have seen on these types of sites.
Jace Hebert
Austin Patrick Johnson
John Cyr check this out.
I got one already attached to my bug out bag bro lol
This mask, that you spent 30 minutes making will protect your for an entire 2 minute period of a tear gas attack. VX gas will not only melt this bottle but will also melt your face and skin. This is useless in a modern biochemical warfare scenario. Even the best bio Chen suit with a proper gas mask will not do a good job with some of the weapon owed gasses out there.
Yep, I would trust a gas mask made out of a plastic bottle…please…do yourself a favor and spend a few bucks and buy one. Some things you don’t shortcut. If you are that cheap…well you deserve what you get. There’s a name for people like that…victims.
Made these a while back, but used a hose for fresh air intake on a closed container repair (welding inside a huge tank).
Yall do realize these are ment for improvised protection….. incase you have nothing better
G and VX are nerve agents that have an oil base made to stick to surfaces not melt. I worked with chemical agents during my stay in the military.
Some people are on budgets so tight that they want to prep but can barely afford the essentials of emergency preparedness but you are right this is ment to be used as a last ditch effort when you have nothing else
I made one it fogs up this is at best may be to help for short periods from smoke that’s about it.
This would be a McGyver situation. Being caught somewhere and not having your EDC bag and having to make due. But how many of you actually carry your mask in your EDC?!
crazy….
Matthew Detmer
Cover your face with a plastic bottle. Ya, that’ll work. Ya, no. Clearly you don’t understand how a mask actually works.