Is there an easy way I could make my own anti-static carpet spray? The commercial product is often hard to find. Of course, pure water works for a short time, enough to repair one computer. I've tried adding fabric softener but it's too strongly scented to use this way.
The fabric softener keeps the static away. The ammonia keeps visitors, managers, nosey customers, and relatives away. If you smell the fabric softener, you're using way too much.
However, there's a catch. Fabric softener may be toxic. See:
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I'm not too sure if I totally believe all this.
Anyway, there are unscented and hopefully non-toxic vinegar based fabric softeners available:
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However, I don't think these will work as an anti-static spray. One way to check is to try it.
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"mc" wrote in message news:PLqeg.64437$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews4.bellsouth.net... | Is there an easy way I could make my own anti-static carpet spray? The | commercial product is often hard to find. Of course, pure water works for a | short time, enough to repair one computer. I've tried adding fabric | softener but it's too strongly scented to use this way. | | I've used a teaspoon of salt in quart of warm water for anti-static carpet spray. Sprayed it with a plant mister. It works surprisingly well.
I used about a half teaspoon of fabric softener to one pint of water for years. If you use lukewarm water when you mix it, it will dilute better. Doesn't have to be warm to use though. This was in a number of large computer rooms including at a local college. Regards Lee in Toronto
Yes. This is a town of 100,000, not a major city. The computer stores no longer have it. There is no electronics place except Radio Shack. There's a cleaning-supplies store I haven't checked that sells various kinds of carpet cleaning chemicals.
Google MSDSs; you'll find many are just surfactants. A bottle of the cheapest non-polyquat swimming pool algaecide would be an unscented lifetime supply (diluted with water).
"mc" wrote in message news:sJteg.36764$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews6.bellsouth.net... | | "Daniel A. Thomas" wrote in message | news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de... | >
| > "mc" wrote in message | > news:PLqeg.64437$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews4.bellsouth.net... | > | Is there an easy way I could make my own anti-static carpet spray? The | > | commercial product is often hard to find. Of course, pure water works | > for a | > | short time, enough to repair one computer. I've tried adding fabric | > | softener but it's too strongly scented to use this way. | > | | > | | > I've used a teaspoon of salt in quart of warm water for anti-static | > carpet spray. Sprayed it with a plant mister. It works surprisingly | > well. | | How long does it last? Does it do any good in dry weather (when it's needed | most)? | | If it will pick up any moisture from the air, it should stay conductive. | Hmmm... Calcium chloride? | | I used regular table salt (NaCl). Seems to hold up fine with regular vacuuming but you'll need to reapply after steam cleaning or such. It works well even in low humidity.
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! Regards Lee in Toronto
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