Options for ridding records of static electricity

I use a milty zerostat and change the sleeves to an anti static sleeve when I buy vinyl.... I also use a rega RP8 deck and have had no issues with static now. Before the felt mat used to stick when I changed records or sides.... Not anymore

Here is my list of questions which I will start a new thread with. Thoughts?

Please rate your static problem on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the worst.

Where do you live? Just the State or Province will do.

Do you know your average relative humidity?

How do you store your records? How many do you have?

Do you use anti static sleeves?

Make of turntable , Tonearm and Cartridge? Type of Cantilever? Type of platter?

Do you use a special Mat?

What do you use to discharge your records?

When is your static worse, when you pull the record out of the jacket or when you put it away? How do you tell?

How do you clean your records? Do you use any vinyl treatments such as Last or Groove Glide?

How often do you think of just sticking to digital:)

@orthomead,

(I am reposting since I accidently addressed this to wrong person. I deleted my prior post.)

To follow on what @mijostyn said, MIL-HDBK-263B does state - "Some metals, can create significant charges from triboelectric generation. Aluminum, when rubbed with a common plastic can generate substantial electrostatic charges." This then potentially may provide some insight into what you have experienced as follows:

The Archromat from what I read appears to be essentially porous acrylic mat with solid top/bottom faces/sheet. But acrylic has a fairly large triboelectric difference with PVC so one could the predict the opposite of what you experienced which then adds to the observation that @mijostyn made that the mat is insulating the record from the platter.

When you grounded the platter bearing - did you measure the resistance (simple multimeter will work) from the platter surface to the wall ground point? When I grounded my VPI 2" aluminum platter/bearing I had some issues getting it to work for me. The wire type and length can have an effect - my wire length was 8ft. Realistically, providing the lowest impedance path to ground is the goal and that is all about surface area not gauge. Tinned-copper braided cable at 1/4-inch wide is readily available and can be used to easily assemble a low impedance ground cable using appropriate end-connectors, 1/4-inch PET expandable braided sleeving for appearance and protection, and heat shrink to seal the ends. A 1/-4-inch wide tinned-copper braided cable measured about 0.4-ohms while a single gauge (18-ga) wire ground measure about 1.2-ohms. I was able to get the platter to outlet resistance to about 1.5-ohms; and I had to ground it to the source of power to the turntable motor for best results.
Just some thoughts,
Neil

Gruv Glide

A humidifier in the winter and a hydrometer to keep check on the humidity