LexFather

Every #$((#) winter, this static electricity hits me. Every winter. Over the weekend, every time I hopped in Dave's new LS, SHOCK and we used it a few times.

Every time I touch that car in the garage. ZAP ZAP ZAP. If I walk by and graze..ZAP!!!

I touch the doorknob...ZAP...

I look for plastic ZAP.

I am going to start spitting on my hands before I touch the car. Does fabric softener sheets work???

whoster

yeah i think fabric softener stuff should work. it also depends on what fabrics you're usually wearing...synthetic stuff is way more prone to static than natural fibers...

LexFather

I LIKE MY POLYESTER BUTTERFLY COLLARS!!

iasc300

iTrader: (1)

damn bro ease up on the botox injections

tofu_house

iTrader: (2)

mike, you're just electrifying bro.

IS_Mine

God bless the south and have summer 9 months out of 12. Hehehe

Lil4X

Maybe just drag a chain along behind you . . .

DaveGS4

iTrader: (2)

Some years ago I'm working in the high desert in Nevada and this place has the worst static electricity problem I've ever seen. Carry a lightbulb in your hand and it lights up bad.

This woman co-worker with has the habit of scuffing her feet on the way into the office and discharging on my head once she's in the office. It's a visible lightning bolt that arcs from two inches away and SNAPS. It felt like I stuck my head in a socket.

So after a few weeks of this I get tired of it... I go to the store and get a couple of cans of Static Guard spray


and dose the carpet all the way from the parking deck to our office.

She scuffs her way in and touches my head. Nothing, I just grin.

It turned to not such a nice victory when she had a hard time breathing... apparently all that static guard triggered her asthma. Some co-workers who had witnessed the weeks of fireworks said it was deserved, but I still felt bad. But it makes for a funny story 15 years later, lol.

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

If static is a problem, touch the car first with your butt.

The bigger the surface area (your butt), the more widespread the electricity will course.
The smaller the surface area (your finger), the more concentrated the electricity will shock you.

Next time, pull down your pants, and rub your butt cheek on your car...

DaveGS4

iTrader: (2)

Next posts in detailing forum

1) I have scratches on my IS350 from rivets on my jeans, how do I get them out?
2) I have scratches on my butt cheek from my car, how do I get them out?

Lexmex

Static is big time down (or rather way up here) in Mexico City. A few of my friends at the track joke if only they could harness it to increase the spark in their vehicles.

Lil4X

In West Texas and Southern New Mexico, the climate is so dry, particularly in winter, that your hand can draw arcs hot enough to weld - if you contemplate being forever joined to a doorknob. The old Holiday Inn in Hobbs had long, dark hallways decorated with a dark green wool carpet. Just walking down the hallway to your room could generate enough potential to produce some spectacular arcs when you reached for the metal doorknob on the steel door to the room.

Being from a damp climate where such phenomena are practically unknown, I called my Dad - whom having grown up in Western Kansas and an Electrical Engineer, I thought would have a solution. About the only advice he could give was to never touch any metal without first reaching in your pocket for a coin or a key with which to reach out and ground yourself. Yeah, you still feel the surge of electricity, but by letting the arc strike the metal object rather than your body, you can at least eliminate the "bite" you feel.

You probably shouldn't try this with your Lexus key, or any key with an "immobilizer" chip or a remote transmitter. You could seriously goof up the electronics with repeated applications of high voltage.

We guys are fortunate - ladies in silk or nylon undies and wool skirts can work up a charge all on their own that would stun the average mule. Sorry Sick if this messes up your social life.

Lil4X

"But Officer, I was just neutralizing my electrical charge!"

RacerLex

You need to moisturize more. Dry skin exacerbates static.

newr

you feel the shock because there are nerves at the tip of your fingers. To minimize the affect, touch your car with the knuckle or elbow. When getting out of the car, ground yourself first by touching the car before putting your foot on the ground..

If that doesn't help... you are GROUNDED!!