[drivingpairs] Re: Vacuuming/static electricity & X'mas drive

Milli Ann,

Do you remember science class when you rubbed a plastic rod with a piece =
of wool or sheep's skin and picked up all those pieces of paper with the =
static charge you created?  I think the same thing is happening here.  We=
 get the same thing here in Prescott, AZ when cleaning up our little guys=
 (we have mini's), for some driving activity.  We bought one of the anima=
l vacuum cleaners a year or so ago and when the plastic nozzle comes in c=
ontact with their coats we have the same problem.  I am going to try some=
thing next time we vacuum the horses.  I use an "Anti Static Spray" from =
Radio Shack on my computer monitor to reduce the electrostatic charge on =
the face of the monitor, thereby reducing the amount of dust collected.  =
My wife has used the Anti Static spray on some of her clothes to reduce s=
tatic cling.  I wonder if it will reduce the static charge in the coats o=
f our horses???  Wife just walked through, check my spelling and english,=
 and suggested something else.  We have used the discarded Bounce softene=
r sheets out of the clothes drier to reduce cling and dust the face of ou=
r TV, it seems to help.

A word of caution with the blower or compressed air.  We have used it suc=
cessfully BUT, be very careful if there are any cuts or abrasions in the =
animal's skin.  It takes no time at all to cause terrible damage if we ge=
t forced air around a cut or wound.

Need to go to bed as we are off the practice with the drill team tomorrow=
=2E  Looking to have 4 or 5 new people who have shown interest come and t=
ry out.  We will be taking our 3 or 4 drivers, someone may not have one t=
o drive and maybe get some more drill team members.

Drive On!!

Robert and Linda Smith, Petite Elite Miniature Horse Driving Drill Team, =
Arizona

http://myweb.cableone.net/lrsmith/drillteam.htm



M. Denmark wrote:

>Loved the idea of vacuuming and so got out the shop vac and went to work=
 on
>some really dirty Fjords to get them prettied up for the Houston Area
>Carriage club X'mas drive.  They did really well with the vacuuming but =
as
>the weather was so cold and dry we had a big problem with the static
>electricity.  Any suggestions on how to deal with the static electricity=
?
>It was a big problem as it was very strong and hurt making them jump.  I=
t
>would zap us too sometimes even if we were keeping our free hand on thei=
r
>body.  No there was no problem with the vacuum and its connections are
>grounded it was just strong static electricity.  We were really pleased =
with
>the part that did get vacuumed and will try the blower the next time the=
y
>are wet.
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