Options for ridding records of static electricity

Acoustats are excellent.  Just about the only brand of good ESL that I have not owned, but my dear friend here in Northern VA had them for many years, so I am quite familiar with them.  Acoustat actually originated the idea of using two audio step-up transformers, one for bass and one for treble.  I think they called that the "Medallion" option.  Sound Labs basically borrowed the idea from Acoustat in the late 90s, I think. At first, SL drove one fraction of the panel with a bass transformer and a smaller fraction with the treble transformer, but in recent years, they drive all panels full range with both transformers.  I think Acoustat went down that road, too.  I just have no room in my upstairs listening space, where the gigantic 845PXs dominate, to add anything like the size of the subwoofers you use.  But I have often considered some smaller alternatives.
Seems you've been nudged off the ledge of absolute certainty that the stylus causes static charge on the LP, at least.  That's a good sign.

Ok guys...I had a static problem for years and literally tried every device, carbon fiber brushes, even grounded to the wall outlet, Zerostat etc etc. This past winter I decided to re-clean my 600 + album record collection and decided to do it with a ultrasonic cleaner. Did my research and got a ultrasonic cleaner, a device to rotate 4-albums at a time and made my own cleaning solution utilizing distilled water, 91% isopropyl alcohol, Triton X-100 and  Hepastat 256. The Hepastat is the defining difference static wise. Everything else gave me squeaky clean (LOL...quiet clean) albums , but the Hepastat is a quat and thus an anti static. 
I have been playing my albums (some over and over) on my VIP Aries 3 with a Benz LPS MR for the past 7 months and have not had to brush, Zerostat or anything else to remove static. 
Clean quiet and static pop free...

If any of you are interested in a anti-static brush, I have several for sale.

@suneone,

If you read the MSDS for Hepastat 256 - its an alkaline cleaner with non-ionic surfactant and cationic surfactant - the quat, and ethanol (alcohol) and other ingredients.  Why add Triton X100 non-ionic detergent?  Why add alcohol - what are they doing?  Otherwise, the likely reason you are experiencing continued anti-static performance its because the quat - the cationic surfactant left a thin film  These quats ( Quaternary ammonium cations) aside from killing viruses, have as a film absorb moisture from the air and form a thin water film on the record that changes the record to dissipative - ergo anti-static.  They will wear away eventually.  However, be careful, once you have cleaned with a cationic surfactant - if there is a film and you apply an anionic surfactant - any dish detergent - the anionic surfactant and the cationic surfactant are not soluble and a sticky paste can form.  Being in the groove you are unlikely to see it - but you will see a buildup of gunk on the stylus.  Personally, as I have written in the paper Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Record (you can download a free copy here -  https://thevinylpress.com/precision-aqueous-cleaning-of-vinyl-records/), I am not a fan of any cleaning process that leaves a residue.  But, as my paper says - its A way, not THE way - just make an informed decision, and know and accept any associated risk.

Neil

@mijostyn,

"I would like to get this settled once and for all"  My only response is good luck.  There are so many variables.  The ambient humidity; the various ground potentials, the record material (which is a complete wildcard), the record mat, the record liner, you - what is your hydration level; just to name a few.  If there was an answer, I would like to think the RCA engineers from years past would have figured it out - they spent quite a bit of effort developing anti-static records with carefully bended formulas.  But, one always has to admire those that try.  But, there appears to be a significant risk with just removing the record from the sleeve and lifting it from the platter mat.  So, there 'could' be an accumulation effect from the end of play platter lift-off to sleeving; and this will be influenced by the ambient humidity and the hydration status of the human.  Personally, I do not have any major static issues - but dust/lint that is only visible with black-light is often in the air.  Use of room HEPA filter can help.  Otherwise, all my records have been deep-wet cleaned and anit-static sleeves are used, and I have good luck with the  Kinetronics Anti-Static Microfiber Cloth, Tiger Cloth wetted with about one drop of atomized DI water (from a nasal spray device).  

Neil