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I finally found the perfect anti-static LP brush: The Staticmaster

Rey1

Rey1

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Yes, that's it the "Staticmaster" anti-static LP brush. How does it work so well you ask? Well the secret is that the brush handle is loaded with radioactive plutonium! That's right, you heard me radioactive plutonium! As described in the original, first issue of Hi Fi Music Review magazine, page 68:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archi...eview-First-Issue-1958-02-SCAN-2020-07-03.pdf

I've been using one for years, just ignore the curious, bulbous growths sprouting from my hands and arms.
 
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Those isotopes only last so long. That's why they sell or sold recharge kits or something like that.

I had one in the early 80's and yes it worked great. Now the price is outrageous.
 
Rey1 said:
Yes, that's it the "Staticmaster" anti-static LP brush. How does it work so well you ask? Well the secret is that the brush handle is loaded with radioactive plutonium! That's right, you heard me radioactive plutonium! As described in the original, first issue of Hi Fi Music Review magazine, page 68:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archi...eview-First-Issue-1958-02-SCAN-2020-07-03.pdf

I've been using one for years, just ignore the curious, bulbous growths sprouting from my hands and arms.
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That's cool. You still only have 2 arms and hands so you're good.
 
There was another radioactive phono device someone posted a year or two again.

what were they thinking back then?



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We had a StaticMaster brush in our old darkroom at the newspaper to sweep dust of negatives. I have it in a box somewhere at home after the newspaper sold to a media group. Since they didn't want any of the darkroom stuff, as everything went to digital, the old owner gave me all the old equipment. Oh, I'm sure the radioactive part died a long time ago.
 
Rey1 said:
Yes, that's it the "Staticmaster" anti-static LP brush. How does it work so well you ask? Well the secret is that the brush handle is loaded with radioactive plutonium! That's right, you heard me radioactive plutonium! As described in the original, first issue of Hi Fi Music Review magazine, page 68:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archi...eview-First-Issue-1958-02-SCAN-2020-07-03.pdf

I've been using one for years, just ignore the curious, bulbous growths sprouting from my hands and arms.
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Be real neat to have that McIntosh C-8 Compensator restored and on the rack! Along with a fully restored EICO scope. May not work in the system, but sure looks nice. :)

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OK, the photo caption says Plutonium, in the article they correctly describe it as Polonium...
 
Adding to this older thread, to defend Staticmaster. The radioactive element is Polonium 210. This isotope emits Alpha particles, but very little Gamma rays. The scientific claims are that the Alpha particles don't penetrate the unbroken skin.

Marie Curie, a discoverer of polonium, named it after Poland. She received the 1911 Nobel Prize for discovery of polonium (and radium). She was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes.

However, ingestion of a sufficient amount of polonium 210 can be fatal, and a person can also take up Polonium 210 through breathing. Russia used it to kill at least one Putin opponent, a Russian businessman in London. I don't have information on what dose was lethal.

Polonium 210 has a half life of about 140 days. The Staticmaster manufacturer recommends replacing the Polonium strip every 12 months. I've used a Staticmaster since 1975. The replacement radioactive strips have become absurdly expensive, but not as high as NFL game tickets.

[For years I've avoided licking my records.]
 
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