Aaaarrrgghhhh, Mijostyn. Now you not only persist in your unsupported claim that the stylus causes electrostatic charge, you have also added a time frame, one minute! What is your evidence for THAT? If you observe that charge develops in one minute or less, that could be due to any one of the other three causes we've discussed: friction with ambient air as the LP spins, contact with the body part of a person who is charged up, or friction with the record sleeve as one removes the LP from it. For me, at the moment, the diamond stylus tip is 4th on my list of possible causes and least likely. But I am waiting for you to support your claim.
jro1903, What you do is likely to be futile, because it seems at least to me that static charge builds up during the acts of removing the LP from the sleeve, spinning the LP in room air, and/or touching the LP when you yourself are charged up, as occurs after you walk across a wool carpet to the equipment stand, etc. Also, and I get this from the internet, so take it with a grain of salt at least, the Zerostat trigger is supposed to be squeezed very gently so as not to produce that clicking sound, in both directions, but with the trigger depressed at the end of the process, you move the gun slowly away from the LP surface as you release the pressure on the trigger. Most also say this is best done when the LP is already on the platter. Some say it can be spinning, some say not. But, as Mijo says, that ritual may even be in vain because static charge can come back after you have performed it properly. Shure Corporation demonstrated that if you discharge an LP while it sits on the platter, there is still charge on the other side, between the LP and the platter surface. When you then lift the LP to turn it over or return it to storage, the charge on the untreated side redistributes itself evenly onto both the untreated and the treated side.
I own a Zerostat and used it for decades, but in recent months I use only the new Audioquest carbon fiber brush that has its fibers grounded via the handle of the brush, supposedly allowing charge to drain off to ground via your body. I can't say that deleting the Zerostat from my ritual has had any effect one way or the other on any problem with static charge.
Mijo, I think I saw this video on Youtube or on a science site, where UV light is shown to deplete static charge, and it was definitely done in open air, not in an inert gas environment. If I can find the video, I will post the URL.
jro1903, What you do is likely to be futile, because it seems at least to me that static charge builds up during the acts of removing the LP from the sleeve, spinning the LP in room air, and/or touching the LP when you yourself are charged up, as occurs after you walk across a wool carpet to the equipment stand, etc. Also, and I get this from the internet, so take it with a grain of salt at least, the Zerostat trigger is supposed to be squeezed very gently so as not to produce that clicking sound, in both directions, but with the trigger depressed at the end of the process, you move the gun slowly away from the LP surface as you release the pressure on the trigger. Most also say this is best done when the LP is already on the platter. Some say it can be spinning, some say not. But, as Mijo says, that ritual may even be in vain because static charge can come back after you have performed it properly. Shure Corporation demonstrated that if you discharge an LP while it sits on the platter, there is still charge on the other side, between the LP and the platter surface. When you then lift the LP to turn it over or return it to storage, the charge on the untreated side redistributes itself evenly onto both the untreated and the treated side.
I own a Zerostat and used it for decades, but in recent months I use only the new Audioquest carbon fiber brush that has its fibers grounded via the handle of the brush, supposedly allowing charge to drain off to ground via your body. I can't say that deleting the Zerostat from my ritual has had any effect one way or the other on any problem with static charge.
Mijo, I think I saw this video on Youtube or on a science site, where UV light is shown to deplete static charge, and it was definitely done in open air, not in an inert gas environment. If I can find the video, I will post the URL.