Vinyl static ionizers who's used them?

I check static by hanging some toilet paper and seeing how the record pulls it or not.  The zerostat will neutralize the record but it does seem that some static builds up again while playing.  Makes sense to me that it's from the stylus.

And I like using those silicon rollers to remove dust but that action also causes static.  I don't like those antistat brushes.  I think they push stuff into the grooves.  

Can anyone explain how a brush might, theoretically, remove static? If the bristles were conductive and grounded I could see a mechanism, but not otherwise. That may be pure ignorance on my part!

@ossicle2brain adding static? That’s unfortunate. I attached the ground lead to my phono and it works great. Then again my platter is definitely not steel. I’ve got a Michell Gyrodec SE. My tonearm (SME M2 9R) is also grounded to phono.

Antins’ post above references an article by James Kogen that discusses sources of static — Pg 44 (of 124). The stylus does not appear to be a culprit.

@dogberry if you are referring to the Hudson Hifi anti static brush, it is indeed grounded. And there is a dark colored bristle that I suspect is conductive.

https://youtu.be/MKjfZrZ3gY8

@ossicle2brain the only other adjustment I can think to experiment with is the weight adjustment for the brush.

Thank you, that makes some sense of it for me.