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Posted by Charlie F. (A) on February 12, 2012 at 08:37:57

In Reply to: RE: Proper way to use a Zerostat gun for vinyl posted by pmsummer on February 11, 2012 at 13:59:21:

I'm sorry, but I do not recall the inmate who hipped me to pmsummer's approach. Until I started using the Zerostat this way, I had very mixed results with it – to the point where I retired it and switched to a StaticMaster for a couple of years. Since I began using the 'stat as described by pmsummer (and below), I've had consistent great success.

To reiterate redundantly, albeit with a few added details that work very well for me:

1. Hold the LP in one hand (fingers near spindle hole and thumb on edge works best for me and my hands).

2. Point the Zerostat at/near the center of the disc. As you squeeze the trigger very slowly , very smoothly , and very steadily , move the Zerostat away from the LP's center. It seems to work best for me when I am still actively pulling the trigger until the Zerostat is at least 3" beyond the edge of the LP.

Usually that is it. No repeated sqeezes, except infrequently. (A bad pull? Very high humidity? I dunno.)

Absolutely – repeat, ABSOLUTELY – NO "release the trigger slowly while pointing it anywhere near the LP," let alone pointing at it. This seems to be the single most important part of the process I'm suggesting here. (Well, besides a good trigger pull ….)

I do release the trigger somewhat slowly – with the Zerostat an arm's length away from the LP and pointing away from it – but that's just me trying to take care of the 'stat itself.

N. B., I do my best to maintain roughly 2" – 4" distance between the tip of the 'stat and the LP's surface during the treatment.

Regarding the difficulty of pulling the trigger slowly enough so that there's no "click," I think the "smoothly and steadily" mentioned above are almost equally important to the "slowly."

Hope this helps,

-=- Charlie F.

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Topic - Proper way to use a Zerostat gun for vinyl - HMBII 13:35:43 02/11/12 (13)

Thank you! nt - HMBII 16:36:13 02/11/12 (0)

RE: Proper way to use a Zerostat gun for vinyl - Tedmc 14:22:04 02/11/12 (0)

Zerostat Instructions, courtesy of Inmate hiatt@alaska.net - Neil49 14:17:56 02/11/12 (0)

RE: Proper way to use a Zerostat gun for vinyl - Skylab 13:37:51 02/11/12 (9)

RE: Proper way to use a Zerostat gun for vinyl - pmsummer 13:59:21 02/11/12 (8)

Yes, Yes, and YES! - Charlie F. 02/12/1208:37:57 02/12/12 (0)

Mine may be defective. - srdavis2000 06:28:03 02/12/12 (4)

You might try this(link) nt - hiatt@alaska.net 13:29:03 02/12/12 (0)

Newer guns have a stiff trigger ... - JBryan 06:39:15 02/12/12 (2)

That's what she said... - Lew 19:36:49 02/12/12 (0)

RE: Newer guns have a stiff trigger ... - Jack D II 07:12:40 02/12/12 (0)

this is funny - mbnx01 14:10:07 02/11/12 (1)

RE: this is funny - majick47 14:15:45 02/11/12 (0)

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Yes, Yes, and YES! - Charlie F. 02/12/1208:37:57 02/12/12 (0)

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