Making anti-static carpet spray?

[Rich Grise]

Thanks.

Downy "Free and Sensitive" fabric softener is odorless, but the bottle says,
"Do not mix with water and store." Hmmm...

That's OK; when you premix it to put in your antistatic bottle, you're not
"storing" it, it's in use as your antistatic spray bottle contents.

Problem solved! ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Brian]

Mike.... yes, and salt is a powerful corrosive and I'm surprised that
someone hasn't jumped in and commented on the folly of spraying salty mist
in a computer room full of electronics!
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We had our offices made with esd carpeting. Thats always an idea.

 

[Bill Beaty]

Do people agree, then, that fabric softener is the right stuff to use?

Spray some WD-40 around? Coat your entire carpet with vegetable
oil? (Eww.)

Those "anti-static sheets" used in clothes dryers are not based on
conductivity, instead they give your clothes a molecule-thin coating
of oil. Then, when the clothes rub together, it's an oil-on-oil
contact.

"Electrification by contact" requires dissimilar substances, therefore
very little charge-separation occurs with slightly-oily surfaces.

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[Kevin G. Rhoads]

I've tried adding fabric

softener but it's too strongly scented to use this way.

Did you try Downy free & clear -- no stinkum in it.

 

[mc]

Did you try Downy free & clear -- no stinkum in it.

I think it's the one that says "Don't mix with water and store," leading me
to wonder what's going on.

 

[Rich Webb]

I think it's the one that says "Don't mix with water and store," leading me
to wonder what's going on.

Guessing but once sufficiently diluted, the anti-microbial/anti-fungal
concentration probably drops below a threshold level and it can "spoil"
(grow mold, smell funky, etc.) Probably possible to keep a batch of the
diluted solution in the refrigerator. If you have access to one of those
kitchen vacuum units (FoodSaver or similar), dump the extra in a Mason
jar and evacuate it before storing.