W Durable Goods
These face coverings are crafted with three layers of cotton fabric and one layer of twill filter cloth sandwiched between two light layers.
A wave of Fort Worth-based businesses have temporarily shifted production to new goods — cleaning supplies, easy to-go food and grocery options — as the coronavirus crisis wears on. Now, artisan goods shops join that trend.
W Durable Goods, in collaboration with American Canvas, hope to make close to 15,000 protective cloth masks. These face coverings are crafted with three layers of cotton fabric and one layer of twill filter cloth sandwiched between two light layers.
Daniel Wright with W Durable and Carl Cordell at American Canvas first thought of this idea two weeks ago. Their new undertaking comes soon after the federal government revised mask recommendations, now suggesting the general public should wear cloth coverings over their noses and mouths in tandem with social distancing whenever in public areas.
“We found it to be most efficient to combine shops and some equipment as demand ramped up literally overnight,” says Daniel Wright with W Durable. “We plan on making as many as we can.”
The team, though they say it’s becoming difficult to find the proper fabrics, is producing these masks at a pace of around 800 to 1,200 a day.
For info on ordering masks, visit fortworthfacemask.myshopify.com.
