Static Electricity on Vinyl

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.