How about sand-blasting the paint off the wood? IMHO, it is more likely 
the paint that is causing the ESD problem than the wood itself, wood 
being sufficiently hygroscopic to eliminate the problem.

Brian

On 17/10/2012 21:08, Douglas Pauls wrote:
> Good afternoon all,
>
> I wonder if any of you know of  a heat shrinkable sleeving that would be
> in the static dissipative range for volume resistivity?  This would be
> between 1E6 and 1E9 ohm-cm.  Most of the ones that I am aware of are 1E11
> ohm-cm or higher.
>
> I don't know of any, so I thought I would turn to my favorite forum.
>
> The application is paint brush handles.  Since most brushes are painted
> wood, they can generate static.  We thought having a shrinkable ESD cover,
> vs. some of the liquid coatings, would be a possible solution.
>
> Doug Pauls
>
>
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