does anyone know how to stop static electricity.i get shocked every time i touch something even my cat. help !

Question

I have a huge problem with static electricity. when i brush my hair it just floats up in the air. even my cat shocks me when i touch her. i know it's caused by friction. i just wonder if anyone might know something i can do to minimize this problem. i can't stand the way it feels !! any help would sure be appreciated. thanks......lightening strikes...again , and again , and again..lol HELP !!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Get a humidifier. If you don't have one, boil a big pot of water on the stove until you can get one. It will help some.

Answer 2

Static is often caused my dry air, which can happen a lot in the winter when the heaters and fireplaces are heating the air and drying it out.
I like to keep a kettle on the stove turned to low, but just warm enough to push a little steam into the air.
Do you have a humidifier? You could use that to put some humidity into the air as well.
When you brush your hair, mist some water into your hair.

Answer 3

Maybe a little water on your brush or comb before putting it to the hair. Perhaps some of the more emollient styling products could cut down on it a bit (mark. from Avon products has some styling product for curls that is somewhat emollient).

As far as clothing goes, wearing natural fiber like cotton helps. Also, you can take dryer sheets and rub them on your clothes made of synthetic fiber, and this will cut down on the static a little.

I'm not sure how rubbing a dryer sheet on the cat will go over...May be something to not try at home, lol.

Answer 4

haha. try not wearing socks, or if your wearing shoes, take them off. static is built up through friction, like you said. and storred *on* the body like the charge on the plate of a capacitor, when you touch another conductor. ZAP!.

so the solution lies in determing what the source of friction is and getting rid of it. it could be your clothing, material the soles of your shoes are made from, or even your carpet. try various combinations of things until you see a reduction. if all else fails, you can make an anklet out of small chain or something metalic thats just long enough to touch the ground as you walk--a ground wire! haha.

Answer 5

It does not sound such as you will have the potential to do plenty to splendid your problem different than consistent with hazard exchange shoes, and no ensures there. Static electrical energy would be effected by many aspects including humidity. the better the humidity, the less static electrical energy. The humidity in grocery shops is often low. you will notice in less warm climate you get 'taken aback' extra. handling plastic will particularly upload on your being 'charged'. as quickly as you get charged you touch something steel and you discharge your 'can charge' and you fell 'taken aback'. there is in all hazard no risk-free thank you to treatment your problem.

Answer 6

You need to run a humidifier in your home. It adds moisture to the air and eliminates the dry static shocks.

Answer 7

this will sound stupid but give it a good try, it works for me. put a safety pin on the bottom hem of everything you wear. shirts, pants, jackets, even the shoelaces of shoes. i dont know why it works but it does. its better than being shocked anyday! as for my hair, i use fabric softener sheets on my hair before i brush it and i keep on in my pocket all the time to rub my hands on if i feel like i'm going to be shocked on something. good luck!

Answer 8

Increase the humidity where you live. Buy a humidifier.

Answer 9

Get a humidifier

Answer 10

when i pull somthin outta the dryer and there is static i just touch the item to a cold water pipe and its gone,yes it works