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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: posty10 on March 20, 2012, 08:04:26 pm

Title: Antistatic
Post by: posty10 on March 20, 2012, 08:04:26 pm

Hi

One of my customer has put two ATM Machine in the office and the staff are getting static shocks with in 15 feet of the machine

I sprayed the  carpet with a prochem product Shockaway with in a week they start getting static shocks again.

Can any one help

Mike

Title: Re: antistatic
Post by: Craigp on March 20, 2012, 08:39:51 pm

Yeah that stuffs a nonsense, it wears off. They could keep a trigger sprayer with plain water in and spray a mist of water now and then, not the best solution but it will stop the shocks.

Or they need to look at their foot wear, big rubber souls cause it.

Or change the carpet.

Or move office,

Or start a new career, why don't they try brick laying?

Title: Re: antistatic
Post by: Jamie Pearson on March 20, 2012, 09:03:46 pm

If they move some plants near to them it will increase the humidity and reduce the problem.

Title: Re: antistatic
Post by: posty10 on March 20, 2012, 09:05:05 pm

Nice one

Title: Re: antistatic
Post by: Colin Day on March 20, 2012, 10:10:07 pm

Quote from: Craigp on March 20, 2012, 08:39:51 pm

Yeah that stuffs a nonsense, it wears off. They could keep a trigger sprayer with plain water in and spray a mist of water now and then, not the best solution but it will stop the shocks.

Or they need to look at their foot wear, big rubber souls cause it.

Or change the carpet.

Or move office,

Or start a new career, why don't they try brick laying?

 ;D

Title: Re: Antistatic
Post by: Stephen Callinan on March 21, 2012, 04:42:26 pm

Your not on your own, same thing happens everytime my mums sister turns up, ;D ;D

Title: Re: Antistatic
Post by: peter maybury on March 21, 2012, 11:53:12 pm

There are saveral treatments that will work. Basically if the customer has air conditioning then a simple adjustment to increase the humidity would be all that is required.
Antistatic years ago used to be very big business and there are treatments that you can get a years protection out of. If the treatment was applied at the start of winter then it would offer enough protection until humidity rose again in summer. These days most commercial carpets have antistatic in them so there is not very much work about now. The problem is worst in the winter when humidity is a lot lower, in summer the humidity is high enough to give the fibres earthing properties.
If you want to discuss my mobile number is 07788621555. sorry but do not have a lot of time to type a long explanation, there are several approaches. I have published info somewhere on the web so will try to think af address.
Peter
www.carpetcleanercardiff.com