Just wondering if there is an easy fix to get the static electricity out of my blank. I use a lot of nylon thread, and static electricity really makes intricate guide wraps much more difficult. I do have carpet in the rod shop, and that may be part of the problem. Thanks so very much........ Rance.

try a humidifier to bring the humidity in the room above 45%

Maybe try a humidifier or spray some antistatic in the shop. (Without getting any on rod of course) Don't know if the rods finish/paint completely insulates, but you could try a grounding strap.

I'd never experienced it until this week when I moved from a room with wood floor to a carpeted room. Might be something to it?

I gounded my wrapper aluminum bed and that helped.

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Joel Smith Wrote:
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> I'd never experienced it until this week when I
> moved from a room with wood floor to a carpeted
> room. Might be something to it?


Maybe there's something I can spray on the carpet periodically. There has always been a little static , enough to make my nylon thread stick to the blank when I try to put it through the loop, but now it seems that every particle of everything near the blank sticks to it, and when you wipe it off, there's more on there in just a few minutes, so maybe it's building up over time.

Chuck Mills Wrote:
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> I gounded my wrapper aluminum bed and that helped.


I may have to try that....... Thanks.

The carpet is a big part of the problem as well as the humidity. This time of the year you probably have the heat on, which dries the room and the air. Walk across the carpet and touch the metal door handle, then do the same on the hardwood floor, unless you just got up from a chair that had a mix of nylon and some other fabfic you will get a static schock from the handle. I Think the carpet is the cuprit. Been there and done that!! :>)

I forgot to say to spray the carpet with an anti-static product. Available just about any store that carries laundry supplies. should help a lot.

Randolph Ruwe Wrote:
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> The carpet is a big part of the problem as well as
> the humidity. This time of the year you probably
> have the heat on, which dries the room and the
> air. Walk across the carpet and touch the metal
> door handle, then do the same on the hardwood
> floor, unless you just got up from a chair that
> had a mix of nylon and some other fabfic you will
> get a static schock from the handle. I Think the
> carpet is the cuprit. Been there and done
> that!! :>)


Thanks. Your right about the heat, I did get a new heater for the shop this winter, and it runs a lot of the time right now, and every crack, and opening is sealed up , so no humidity . By march I should be able to shut it down. Until then, I think I'll try a static release spray for the carpet, I think I saw some at Madeira the other day.

Rance,
The solution is very simple.
Put a humidifier in your rod building shop. Higher humidity will keep static electricity down.

Also, keep the base of a metal wrapper grounded.

You can also use one set of metal bearing rod rests, that are grounded to your metal based wrapper.
That way, any static that might try to build up on the rod, would be bled off to the metal bearing rests, and to ground through the grounded metal rod wrapper base.

Perhaps the best thing of all is to wear a wrist strip that is hooked to ground. Basically the identical wrist strap that is used by folks who work in the semi conductor industry and use the strap to bleed off any electrical energy before working with any semi conductors.

You can typically get a good earth ground from the ground plug of any electrical outlet.


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PPG DX330. When painting fiberglass panels I spray light coats between basecoats. Static electricity is an result of friction, probably from cleaning and handling. Put DX330 in a spray bottle and lightly spray complete rod blank allow to dry, then continue with epoxy. Test as usual on a scrap piece but you will be surprised as it kills static electricity.

Thanks everyone.... I really appreciate all of the help!

Everyone has already offered good advice that will probably be a more permanent solution but another option is to use a dryer sheet to remove static. I have never had issues with static while rod building but I have used dryer sheets to remove static from other objects such as pages of adhesive labels (multiple pages will stick together after printing due to static) and my plastic powder funnel while reloading shotgun ammunition. A couple of wipes with a dryer sheet works wonders.