Do you hate every dust mask on the market? Me too. Most of them are more trouble than they're worth. The cheap throwaways never fit your face well enough, and if you just need one for a trip up to the attic or something it might not make sense to go buy an expensive respirator.
Unless you're really into steamed up glasses and breathing in the dust coming in around the damn thing anyway, try making one of your own. If it's going to be for a one time use, you can throw it away or recycle it when you're done. Or you can keep it, as it's also useful in some other ways. I use mine to wrap up my chisel when I carry it in my toolbag. It's handy for a rag, too.
You can just tie a bandanna around your face, but it only ties in one place and can slip off. Cutting a tee shirt in the way I'm going to show allows you to tie it in two places. It's very comfortable.
Learn how to make a dust mask out of a tee shirt using just a pair of scissors. I use the proportion of my hand and thumb to determine the size.
I personally prefer this to any other mask available. The cheap ones are worthless, and the respirators are hard to breathe with.
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