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Shane Marquardt

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Originally posted by Shane in WI:
noticed some of the grains of powder sticking to and around the green plastic tip that screws into the bottom tip. Is it static? Or just need more cleaning?

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This january. Outside dew points are low so as this air warms up inside, the relative dew points are low and give us static problems (in most houses).

As reference, (kinda) as the dew point moves down from the ambient (room in this case) temperature, Every 20 degrees F will represent dropping the relative humidity in half (and for those who care, wet bulb is nearly half way between the two).

SO: at a room temperature of 70F:
A dew point of 50F, gives 50% relative humidity.
A dew point of 30F, gives 25% relative humidity.
A dew point of 10F, gives 12.5% relative humidity.
A dew point of -10F, gives 6.25% relative humidity.

OK, it's not quite that linear, but is close enough to make the point.

I have read that wipeing with a clothes dryer sheet or washing with dish soap (dishwasher?) and letting it air dry will leave a film which conducts the electrons away.

JerryO

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Shane Marquardt

Take the spout tip and run a heap of powder through it. I would get a large cup and hold it flush against the end of the spout so that the powder can back up in the tip.

Do this several times, like a few dozen.

Powder is coated with graphite and RCBS recommends that you run some powder through the hopper to coat the sides of the plastic walls with graphite. Makes sense that you'd want to coat this spout tip too.

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