rcbs powder funnels - static electricity

[doobie]

i have the RCBS plastic powder funnels and they seem to hold a lot of static electricity . flakes , kernals or what ever you name them of powder stick to the funnel and i have to sit there and keep tapping it to get those last ones down the tube , sometimes they just won't go down .
is there any thing that i can spray or wipe in the funnels so that this won't happen? i was thinking of taking some graphite on a rag and rubbing it into the plastic .
thanks , dan

[Lenard]

I just experienced the same thing last week. I just used one of the Cling Free sheets to wipe the funnel down. Problem solved. I also hung part of the sheet in my powder measure as ball powders seem to be suseptible to the static more, for me anyway. Solved the problem.

[Pepe-Lepew]

I blow compressed air across the mouth of funnel if there is a build up of static electricity. It has worked excellent for me. Drawback is you need compressed air available.

[glenn asher]

You also might try washing the funnel in dishwashing soap, then let it dry withOUT rinsing.

[Al 204]

I had the same thing happen yesterday. I got a bounce dryer sheet, wiped the funnel down inside and out and no more problem.

Al

[Gube]

Used to struggle with those issues and finally went out and ordered the aluminum Satern Funnels. Once you use these, you will never go back to plastic again. I think I ordered mine from Sinclairs
http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/112 ... er-Funnels

http://www.saternmachining.com/PowderFunnel.htm

[OldTurtle]

Almost any time you have friction on plastic, you will build static electricity...

on a rag and rubbing it into the plastic

I started out having problems with a new dispenser and wound up taking it totally apart and wiping it down with some alcohol wipes and re-assembling it while it was potentially still wet...No problems since (almost two years)...

[doobie]

its half time of the football game and i was sitting there helping my wife fold cloths up and low and behold there is a dryer sheet. now its not that i'm too cheap to buy an aluminum funnell , but i am too cheap .
so i took it downstairs and rubbed the plastic funnel with it ( inside and out ) put some powder thru it .... and ''wallah'' no static cling and fresh mountain spring smell .
great idea from lenard and al204 , THANKS !!

[acloco]

its half time of the football game and i was sitting there helping my wife fold cloths up and low and behold there is a dryer sheet. now its not that i'm too cheap to buy an aluminum funnell , but i am too cheap .
so i took it downstairs and rubbed the plastic funnel with it ( inside and out ) put some powder thru it .... and ''wallah'' no static cling and fresh mountain spring smell .
great idea from lenard and al204 , THANKS !!

Did you get "the look" or the roll of the eyes from the Mrs. Doobie?

[doobie]

its half time of the football game and i was sitting there helping my wife fold cloths up and low and behold there is a dryer sheet. now its not that i'm too cheap to buy an aluminum funnell , but i am too cheap .
so i took it downstairs and rubbed the plastic funnel with it ( inside and out ) put some powder thru it .... and ''wallah'' no static cling and fresh mountain spring smell .
great idea from lenard and al204 , THANKS !!

Did you get "the look" or the roll of the eyes from the Mrs. Doobie?

oh yeah , sure did .