So this post will be a little messy because I'm really just fooling around. Static grass is designed to react to a static field in a similar way to the reaction your hair has when you rub a balloon on it. I have tried many times to apply grass without a static field and it just looks like matted rubbish, not a nice grassy field.
You can buy products that do this for you, but as always I want to understand how it works so I am going to try and make my own.
The Apple is a key component!
Here are the parts I have.
- Two small steel plates
- 9 volt battery
- Bunch or wires and clips
- Negative ION generator
- Apple core (every project needs sustenance)
The only important part here is the negative ION generator. It basically creates a static field between the generator cable and ground. Hook up the positive and negative terminals to the battery and clip the generator cable to one steel plate and the ground to the other. Blue tack your base smothered with PVA glue to the ground plate and lay static grass over the generator plate.
Turn it all on! Grass everywhere! It does work though.
First attempt side view
Second attempt top view
The grass flies all over the place and some of it sticks to the glue. My problem with the first attempt is that it seems to go on thin. It's good, but it could be better.
Next step is to take away my hands, as they are grounded they mess up the field, and try to use gravity.