Or the filter is too old and at its capacity limit.
Did you always check before using if the mask fits well to your face? There is an easy workround for the check in 5 seconds. Hold your hand on the filter and try to breath in so hard you can, if then the mask sucks tightly to the face and you get absolutely no air in, then the mask should be tight and you should then also perceive no odor. If you so, replace the filter.
PennywiseYES, YES ...I make this test every single time i wear it, too old cant be the reason, the filter has 3 uses..its a new one, but the smells ever pass thru, with all the mask ive used, half or complete masks....
as about fitting in my face, well the test is ok, and i have a bit of beard...tried today to cut a lot, and still the same....
about all that, yesterday i tried a "new" amalgamation, just instead to use the cut squares i made what many people do and seems works for they all, put the squares in a food processor or a coffee grinder... i ever thought that method would expose a lot of semi-grinded AL , and could be inappropriate due to a much faster reaction, and loss of effectivity and of course final yield, but..since a lot of people do...i tried,,,, OMG ...that thing made a killer reaction... it burned the AL (a thick one, 30 micrones) in about 10 minutes...tried to put on ice bath ..but nothing.... at least i dont wasted my MDP2P or METHYLAMINE... it generate a ton of H2 gas.... but im worried about mercury and AL contamination of the place.... THE QUESTION IS: should i be worried? or just H2 gas everywhere and thats it? the AL foil ended like burned paper....
under my point of view the amalgamation started in... 2-3 minutes in a chain reaction impossible to handle, like if one use AL powder..... ill back to my squares haha
@G.Patton your opinion will be much appreciated as well (if you understood me hahaha)