Options for ridding records of static electricity

Antinn, I prefer 100% IPA for cleaning records. That way the job never gets done.
The elusive disc arm is nicely made but has one fault and that is the brush is camel hair and not near as conductive as carbon bristles. I bought one and checked it with a meter. Carbon registers continuity camel hair does not. I sent it back.
Yes, you will short out one side of the record on a grounded bare metal platter but it does nothing for the side generating the charge and sucking in the dust. I also personally prefer a mat of the proper durometer. It does sound better to me as does either vacuum hold down or a reflex clamping system.
Give the darn $20.00 arm a spin. I'll buy it off ya if you don't like it:)

Most mysteriously to me, UV light at the right wave length and intensity will also dissipate static electric charge. There's an expensive tweak product idea for someone.

I will dump my Furutech Desat 2 because its worthless are you joking DUDE!!

Hi @masi61
I have a Milty Zerostat. I can thoroughly recommend. Whenever I buy a new record I remove from the sleeve, hold the milty in one hand and the record in the other (don’t lay on turntable), point the milty at the record holding around 10-12 inches away and squeeze the trigger. I then slowly release and wait until you stop hearing the slight sound the milty makes. To be honest, and I suspect there’s no need, I fire it a couple of times on each side. I also replace the inner sleeve (if necessary) with a mofi sleeve. I don’t have any issues with static. I hope this helps.

ebm not at all. The Desat 2 and Zerostat do not solve the problem they just delude you into thinking they do. The static is generated by the stylus rubbing the groove. It is regenerated after only a minute of play time. The static attracts dust and pollution and pulls it deep into the groove where you stylus runs over it at 30,000 PSI per contact patch (we just did the math above) grinding it into the vinyl. All this is worsened by not using a dust cover during play. Unless you want to stand over the record and use these devices during play they are worthless. I'm sorry you guys wasted your money on them. I can't do anything about that. But I can keep others from making the same mistake. Don't feel bad. I bought a Zerostat when they first came out. I stopped using it after a week. Live and learn.
You have to discharge the record during play and the only way I know to do that is with a conductive sweep arm providing a path to ground.
Lewm you are right but it has to be done in a nitrogen or argon atmosphere. X ray irradiation will work in air I believe. I'm pretty sure the conductive sweep arm would be more cost effective and less carcinogenic.