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Midnight Star
« on: March 04, 2016, 01:50:45 PM »
I should play Midnight Star all day here in the shop.  Rubber mat, check.  Rubber soled shoes, check.  Rubber apron, check.  Massive shock everytime I touch the platen when loading, check. >:(
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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2016, 01:59:00 PM »
try lightly spraying the floors with a 10% fabric softener, 10% isopropyl alcohol, 80% water.

makes the floors mildly conductive and should help dissipate the static charges.

(used to use this in our electronics labs in the winter in the areas that didn't have conductive mats)

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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2016, 02:17:57 PM »
i told him that on the phone, but what do I know. ;)

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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2016, 02:59:49 PM »
Freakazoids Robots, please report to the dance floor.
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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2016, 03:09:22 PM »
Sonny, back away from all those chemicals
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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2016, 03:16:03 PM »
Sonny, back away from all those chemicals
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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2016, 03:16:45 PM »
I'm going to try that, we've been getting the heck shocked out of us as well this week for some reason :o
Sonny what do you know about Midnight Star I can see you now out on the dance floor LOL
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Re: Midnight Star
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2016, 07:19:03 PM »
Sonny, you ain't no youngster (nor a dancer) like Darryl, I thought that maybe this was more our kind of Electricity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8eRDkiwGMM
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