Anti static guns

Simple test, pull 12 inches of Scotch tape off a roll quickly. Note that if you dangle it from your fingers, if you bring your other arm near it the free end of the tape will move over to that arm. Now Zerostat it. Do the same test. Using a properly functioning Zerostat the tape will hang straight down when you bring your other arm near it.

To recharge the tape to do the test again, just stick it down on a table and pull it up quickly a few times.

Gruv Glide your records and you wont have any static...

Nor any music. ;-)

@Lowrider,
Gruv Glide is not a cleaning product, it's a lubricant. Properly applied it does indeed go down into the grooves. By design it leaves a thin, residual film on the groovewall surfaces.

This creates quieter backgrounds, dramatically so with some records. It also masks the smallest groove modulations, making higher frequencies and the full amplitude of each waveform unplayable by the stylus.

Surface noise can also be reduced by methods that do not impair (and in some cases improve) the full depth of musical information. OTOH, some of those methods are expensive, whereas Gruv Glide is relatively cheap. As in most things audio, it's a choice each of us must make based on individual listening preferences and circumstances.

11-14-13: Rauliruegas
Dear Rockitman: You are right but remember that the item is only a " help " and static is always there/around, to reduce it is a " help " and better that " nothing ". Don't you think?

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

If you clean and dry your records right (ultrasonic and blow dry, not vaccum), there is no static. I still find the zerostat practically useless. Another tip that helps, is to blow warm air from your breath into the sleeve prior to pulling out the record, then again blowing into the sleeve prior to putting the record away. That helps to maintain the static free record. That's how I do it and I have no static charged records as a result. YMMV.

I completely agree with Doug about GruvGlide. We sold it in my stores when it first came out many years ago. Once we figured out what it was doing, we quit selling it.

IMHO, not a good product, but like Doug stated, "As in most things audio, it's a choice each of us must make based on individual listening preferences and circumstances."

Well I for one think that the Benefits far out weigh the negatives. The $40 can of spray is an award winning product that is meant as a tweek. The very subtle details that I might be blanketing are a minor trade off IMO. I keep my stylus clean with a good cleaner and dense brush. I admit If you TREAT your stylus AND use Gruvglide it does dull the sound. Too much treatments..not good. So then you can easily make the leap to say ALL stylus TREATMENTS are no good as well. Do you treat the stylus? or do you treat the record? or both? hmmmm sounds like another thread..lol Happy listening everyone.