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Originally Posted by Eldarion
If you are using it as potato cannon fuel, it sounds pretty volatile. Wouldn't it evaporate and therefore quit working relatively quickly?
Also, I wonder what would happen if a spark did occur, and a flammable substance was sprayed with that stuff. Big fireball?  |
I think the flammable part is just a solvent or pressurized propellent or both. In any case, that part evaporates while the active ingredient sticks around. There is a label on the bottle that says something to the effect "for risk of fire, do not peel apart clothes while spraying."
Some basic background on static:
"static" does not behave like the electricity you are used to. It occurs when you have an area with a different density of electrons than the areas around it. Think electrical pressure difference." The only way to get rid of this is by direct contact with an area of a lower electron density or through a conductor that connects to an area of lower charge density. The ground can be though of as a vast electron sink. If you can connect the thing you are having problems with to the the ground through a conductor such as some bare wire touching the ground, you might be able to solve your problem. It would equalize the charge density. At the very least, you could connect to a large conductor(such as your frame) , which would spread the charge out over a larger area, decreasing its density.