Little red gun next to turntable.

Speaking of old school record 'cleaning' and treatment devices, what about those little brushes that have the radioactive element and are sold to photographers for cleaning lenses? I bought one back in the early seventies, i'm sure the 'active' element is long gone, but, suprisingly, the company is still in business and offers refills. The name escapes me for the moment, but for records that are already 'clean,' I liked this sucker for a quick dustup and anti-static treatment. Anybody else have one of these?

Whart, wasn't that camera brush called a Staticmaster?

I never used them, they scared me with the radioactive claim. Truth is the amount of radiation was probably no more than one of those old wrist watches that glow in the dark.

My original Zerostat was strong enough to sever DNA (you could literally feel the electrons shooting out from it).
This model used a radioactive element of some sort.

The new model dispenses with the nuclear core but doesn't zap static as well IMO.

Mine is so old it turned white. Well, actually, it started out that way. I wonder if the Smithsonian would be interested.

Those old wrist watches that glowed in the dark, yeah, they killed a whole bunch of old ladies who worked in the factory. Most of the old ladies woud lick the bristles to make a fine tip for painting arms and numbers. The ladies that didn't die lost most of their jaw.

Most things radioactive have half-lifes on the order of hundreds of thousands of years, so if they were radioactive in the 70's they are still radioactive now.

My advice, don't lick your old brush. :)

Lucas