Static Electricity on Vinyl

I only play and handle records in bare feet.

My knees got so bad from the pounding when running, that I was starting to hurt walking barefoot on the hard house floors. So I started wearing all rubber sandals at the recommendation of a fellow runner.

The all rubber sandals had the added benefit of not introducing static when handling records and equipment controls.

I found this information helpful.

"The best combinations of materials to create static electricity would be to have one material from the positive charge list and one from the negative charge list." 

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static_materials.htm#.WkQvRVWnGM9

I have found that some record's mats are more prone to statics than others. I used the George Merill mat during the summer time and switch to a Funk mat during winter. That said the Merill perform better with my turntable 

I get rid of static electricity with a spray bottle of distilled/demonized water and a Nitty Gritty Vacuum Record Cleaning Machine. I lightly spray the LP, then suck up the water with the NG.  I get static free and clean LP's.   

i clean all of my new lps with a record dr V machine and put them into new mofi sleeves.  static is never an issue from then on.  the record dr V  is relatively inexpensive (200 bucks) and very easy to use.