SME 20/2 Static Electricity

My solution cost $15.00 and works, how much does the vinyl ionizer  contraption cost?

Another joke. Lewm, I'm on your side on this one. Spraying anything on your record is a bad idea and it will not stop the static problem neither will grounded mats. A mat will only discharge one side of the record, the wrong side. There is no magic in this. You have to have a path to ground from the site that the static is being produced. The stylus in the groove. Static electricity is terrible for records because it draws dust like a magnet which you can prove to yourself by holding a record you just played up to a light and you will see dust fly towards the record. The dust can become embedded in the groove and held there so your stylus can grind it into the groove instead of pushing it out of the way. Besides the grounded sweep arm the next best thing for record hygiene is a dust cover. 
By the way take a meter and see if your "grounded mat" is actually conductive. If it is not it would even discharge the side of the record touching it.  

I invite anyone to come to my house and give the grounding mat a try.  There will be a nice hot steamy plate of crow waiting for you afterwards. 

Me again. Another perfectly clear post misconstrued and misunderstood. I blame our public schools. The post clearly says to spray, and sorry gonna shout, didn't get through the first time, AROUND equipment. Spraying carpet ain't gonna do no good. You're not listening to the carpet. Not to mention, have you seen the size of your carpet? Makes no sense. No sense at all. Yet some noob telling people to do this. Based on what? Did he try it? Of course not. That would eat into his posting nonsense time.

What about residue on equipment? Same deal. Look. Prove it to ya. Cut and paste:

There's other more costly and possibly more effective sprays you can find on Amazon. Haven't tried them because they are more in the nature of leaving kind of a film on fabric

Pro tip: when the writer mentions something that's a clue.

Follow up:
I got a grounding mat yesterday and connected it to the ground on my outlet.  Results?  It did help.  There was a dramatic decrease in static on the record.  Some small amounts of static build up after playing one side but much less than before.  
Another thing I got is an AcousTech grounded Big Brush.  
https://www.musicdirect.com/analog-accessories/acoustech-big-record-brush
I tried running the brush on the platter before putting the record on, and again after the record was on.  
The combination of the grounding mat and the Big Brush eliminated any noticeable static from the records.  Even after playing a side I did not notice any static build up.  
I have Gruv Glide and have used it in the past, but stopped using it awhile back.  It does work, but it's really expensive and I did not feel the cost was worthwhile.  
There you go.  My take on what has worked for me.  
Thanks