Matthew Miller wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to cover plastic tables with an anti-static
> surface. I need a solution that that is cheap, and if it is cheap
> enough I don't mind if it only stands up to one year of high school
> student abuse.

I haven't tried this, but how about cover the table with aluminum foil
first, then mount a thin layer for hardboard (sometimes referred to by one
manufacturer's tradename "masonite").  Most wood products allow enough
leakage at normal room humidity that they don't accumulate static charge.
Tie the aluminum foil layer underneath to ground, but make sure the students
can't come in direct contact with this ground.  The hardboard will insulate
anything on the table from this ground for all practical purposes except
picking up static.

Again, I haven't tried this, but have observed wood to generally not
accumulate static.


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