Options for ridding records of static electricity

@mijostyn  "I got rid of all of my Linns a long time ago because they are irreparably defective"

Your post is timely, because I was talking to my Linn dealer yesterday and he related an interesting story. On one of the other forums, there was a chap who was telling everyone that the Linn LP12 was way past its prime, it was always falling out of tune, and was impossible to not only work on but was easily bested in SQ by any new turntable today. My dealer was curious about this guy and so after some back and forth PM’s with him, it was discovered that the poster had last owned a Linn LP12 in 1979, had always set up the table himself and had on occasion swapped out arms, to include a SME 309 and also a arm which he couldn’t remember, but it was heavy and worked well on his later tables. Lastly, the fellow told my dealer that he had heard the Linn recently, which to him was back in 2000! Nonetheless, this chap was 100% sure that his new Technics direct drive from 1980 was easily better than his 1979 Linn. After all, the darned screws were loctighted on the Linn and he couldn’t ever get them loose when he was taking his table apart…

I have NEVER heard of a Linn that was "irreparably defective" only an owner who had no clue how to set it up and refused to allow a qualified Linn dealer to work on it....were you one of those folks??--:0)

Well he was certainly right about the Linn sounding better than the direct drive. Daveyf, I did not say that the Linn could not sound good, it can. I said that it is irreparably defective which it is. The plinth is poorly constructed, you can twist it in your hands. The suspension is poorly damped and unstable because of it's geometry. The sub chassis sits on its springs like an old AR instead of being hung from them like an SME or SOTA. The ONLY advantage it had (over the AR) was at least you could mount the tonearm of your choice. Now they are trying to take that away as well.
The Linn has long outlived it's usefulness there are too many well designed tables for the money. Plus you said it sounds bad with it's dust cover down. That is certainly a problem I could not live with.
And Daveyf, you'll have to trust me on this one. I can set up a turntable way better than your dealer can. I have much better tools.

@mijostyn  The fact that you believe you can set up a Linn LP 12 better than the Linn trained professional says a lot about your post and experience. 

Furutech Destat 2 is the best and the only one that is 100% effective.

Lewm, just touching a neutral record will not transfer electrons without rubbing. If the record is already charged then sure. You can even see the sparks jump with the lights out.Just picking up a neutral record will in no way, shape or form put a charge on the record so if you want a charge you are going to have to put some elbow grease into it. Take an old record and give it a try. It will help if the air is dry. I'm sure you have record cleaning stuff to touch it up afterwards. 
Now a record press closes with about 150 tons of pressure. The surface area of a record is Pi R squared = 36 X 3.14= 113 square inches. This would come out to 2665 PSI. The contact area of a fine line stylus is about 47 um squared. Lets use 2 grams VTF. 2 gm = 0.00440925 lb.
47 um squared = 0.000000071285 square inches. Divide pounds by square inches and you get 60,525.0515 psi or over 30,000 psi per contact patch. So I was a tiny bit off. Sorry about that folks.