How to painlessly discharge static?

Question

At work I wear a gown designed to protect me from the chemicals I work with, but when I take it off it it causes quite a static buildup. I'm afraid to open the door or touch anything because it hurts to discharge.

How can I get rid of the charge with no or minimal shock?

Answer 1

You can discharge yourself through an electrostatic wrist strap. The wrist strap has a resistor in it that limits current flow so you won't get a zap...  

Electronic work stations may also have a grounded mat that you can touch in the same manner.

If these aren' available at your job you can buy a wrist strap for less than $10 at Radio Shack.    Merely attach the alligator clip to a grounded metal object and leave it attached for future use..

After working and removing your gear pick up the wrist strap and hold it for a few seconds inorder for any static build up to bleed off and pass through the alligotor clip connection to ground.  THe rate of discharge is slowed by the resistance of the wrist strap so you won't get zapped.

Answer 2

Use a car key, paperclip, or coin to touch a door k**b (or other ground-like object) before you touch anything with bare skin.

Answer 3

well you have to keep youself grounded to get rid of any static build up

Try drying your clothes with bounce dryer sheets

or juts gonna have to suck it up.

I know I am not much help but those are the things I did when I worked in a clean room static straps where a must.

Answer 4

Go to a grounded object and make a quick hard firm wide area contact.

(Slap that sucker!)

What hurts you is the charge concentrated in a small area.

Answer 5

Don't use your car keys if they have a chip in them - it blows the chip and costs you $250

Spray a mixture of fabric softener (washing machine stuff) and water on the car seats and in the house along the wall boards. It lasts a month or so

When you get out of the car, hold onto any metal part until you are upright (I nearly said erect) outside the car - make sure you are still in the seat when you grab some metal on the door fastener for instance

Answer 6

Spray your hair with water.do not spray a lot. or put your hair back

Answer 7

touch something else that is not metal...for instance a wooden desk...or the door.

Answer 8

I have a similar problem, and I use my car keys to discharge. If you look closely, sometimes you can see a little spark. Thus, turning lemons into lemonade!