At 2000 May 12 - Friday 7:33, Olaf Greve <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
spoke about *[OM] Spanner Wrench...* saying
...
> Another bit of advice Jaap gave is for keeping the dust out. He
> wrote that the main reason why additional dust gets in, is that as
> soon as you start rubbing an element (to clean it), it becomes
> statically charged, and will effectively become a dust magnet. It's
> best to use some static charging prevention measures, such as a
> grounded mat with a wrist band attached to it (as is used as an ESD
> (Electro Static Discharge) prevention measurement when working on
> integrated circuits). This may be harder and/or more expensive to
> find (inquire at your local electronics shop), but it may help
> significantly to keep the dust out... Personally I'm not 100%
> certain if this will ground the glass sufficiently to prevent it
> from getting charged, but it might very well be the case...
...
There are also a number of static charge removers, mainly intended
for records, that produce some charged particles that neutralise the
charge. I have a "gun" that does this.
I also have an old brush that used Polonium to make some alpha
partices, but it's way past its half life.
Tom
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