Using Static to Adhere Plastic Sheet

How about something like this cut in small pieces perhaps....a little easier to control...

http://thefixturezone.com/cladpa.html

Have a look at a Tribolectric series chart.

Rub one piece of plastic with an item from the +ve side of the chart from plastic, and the other piece with something from the -ve side.

This should impart unlike charges on each piece and, as unlike charges attract, you may get what you require.

There's not a lot of products that are more -ve than some plastics, but depending on your plastic type, you may be lucky.

Rubbing just one piece with a far +ve item may suffice for you.

Wear a wool sweater to work.

After you rub a balloon against a sweater and it sticks to the ...

Lyn: At least it wasn't a link to a Bruce Jenner look-alike contest where the balloons are placed under the sweater!

OP needs to provide more information up front - and has only later admitted this is a sensitive biomedical application...

That rules out everything, and I still do not know how to join two rectangular sheets of plastic on two edges. I can see joining one edge of each (with slight overlap if that is allowed), or I can envision a completely overlay using a registration pin set (done in photography sometimes or at least used to be done).

If the OP could please provide the exact geometry? Did he mean to say two corners overlap?

For removing the charge, there are relatively inexpensive hand-held ion guns used to discharge things around ESD sensitive areas available.

On thinner material I use H20, with a small amount of surfactant, allows me to squeegee out the wrinkles...

Thank you all for your contributions, especially yours TommyTech and I trust your cat is back on terrafirma chasing lab rats.

I have learnt a lot about static, and the more I learn, the harder the task looks and to top it off, the client reeled in horror at the thought of the static close to sensitive medical equipment and the strong possibility of it being a dust magnet.

I will look for a different solution.

Tony

Do you really mean to say silicon coating, or did you mean to say silicone coating? If silicon, is this some sort of X-ray plate?? for a large animal?

Precisely what sort of elephant are we feeling up this week? (this is a reference to blind engineers (of which we have one at our power company)).

Everyone seems to be off in ready, fire, aim mode again, while I would prefer to find out exactly what you want before I suggest a solution (other than go punt).

I guess until I know more, you could try a couple of these??

Sorry my bad spelling, silicone.

The reason for the post was to get information on static, as this is no longer worth pursuing, I'll close the post.

Thanks Tony