Is there an easy way to reverse or negate the static charge on a vinyl record?

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noticed i have several pristine records that nonetheless attract dust, must, and those little paper sleeve shreds like magnets. sometimes you can even feel the field with your hand. blow off the dustbunnies and they jump back on, the attraction is so strong. but then other records seem to repulse this sort of fluff and stay real clean.

so does anyone know of a good method to get rid of static? anti-static plastic record sleeves are an idea, but i kind of hate those. are there any sprays or techniques out there to discharge static?

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

static guns!

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

something like this (i do not know anything about this particular brand however)

http://www.2spi.com/catalog/photo/zerostat.shtml

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:14 (nineteen years ago)

Neither of these are guns:

http://www.ultimatedancemusic.co.uk/details.asp?ProductID=25389
http://www.topdjgear.com/granrecl.html

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:21 (nineteen years ago)

swiffer!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

What about a good ol' carbon fiber brush?

http://www.needledoctor.com/Online-Store/Carbon-Fiber-Brushes

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

i swear i use swiffer and a cheap-ass discwasher like radio shack was selling in 1979 for all my record-care needs. isopropanol is your friend! if you clean a record correctly it won't have that unsightly static cling.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

discwasher d4 refills for $3.99!

http://www.needledoctor.com/Discwasher-D4-Refills?sc=2&category=1178

you don't need that fancy french bubbly!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

as a loricraft owner, i am faintly nauseous

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

there goes the neighborhood!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 29 September 2006 02:59 (nineteen years ago)

put 'em in the dryer with a bounce sheet

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 29 September 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

i used a brush and there's still alot of static on my new records. what do i do

― the smh westerns (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 12 April 2010 00:56 (sixteen years ago)

did you use a regular brush like a Discwasher, or something better like a Gemini or Audioquest carbon fiber model? You want a brush with thousands of little fibers to reach into the grooves. And some models (like the Gemini I've got) are self-cleaning--every time you swivel it back into its handle the brush passes over a ridge that knocks all the dust and particles off. They last a long time and don't cost a ton. $15-30 should do it.

― Michael Train, Monday, 12 April 2010 01:24 (sixteen years ago)

for example: http://www.insound.com/AcousTech_Carbon_Fiber_Record_Brush_Record_Brush/productmain/p/INS67103/

― Michael Train, Thursday, 15 April 2010 22:52 (sixteen years ago)

hmm, that link doesn't seem to work now. Go to Insound and look up AcousTech carbon fiber brush.

― Michael Train, Thursday, 15 April 2010 22:53 (sixteen years ago)

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