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It’s extremely dry humidity where I live this time of year and I’m running into what I believe is a static electricity problem in the paint booth. My models are like dust magnets. I use a homemade booth that’s essentially foam board on top of cardboard with a plastic container housing the blower fan - I know these surfaces can become charged. I also know that the very process of dry air going through the hose to the airbrush can cause static electricity.

Any recommendations to mitigate this? Dryer sheets - are they safe to wipe down models prior to paint? Mist the inside surfaces of the booth with water?
   
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CFster wrote:
It’s extremely dry humidity where I live this time of year and I’m running into what I believe is a static electricity problem in the paint booth. My models are like dust magnets. I use a homemade booth that’s essentially foam board on top of cardboard with a plastic container housing the blower fan - I know these surfaces can become charged. I also know that the very process of dry air going through the hose to the airbrush can cause static electricity.

Any recommendations to mitigate this? Dryer sheets - are they safe to wipe down models prior to paint? Mist the inside surfaces of the booth with water?


You should probably use a grounding strap when airbrushing. If you search for 'Grounding strap' or 'grounding bracelet' on the shopping site of your convenience, these can be purchased for less than 5 dollars, and the dirt-cheap ones work just as well as the more expensive ones, if with a little less comfort. You can easily improvise one as well, you just need some length of conductive material and something so fasten it to your grounding point and whatever you want to have grounded.
   
 
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