Sorry, but I don't think this is good advice.  Get a slide wet and you can
have a mess.  Try increasing humidity into the 50% RH range.  That should
lower static, if not eliminate it.

Timothy Vitale
Paper & Photograph Conservator
and Preservation Consultant

Joan D. Pottinger wrote:

> Wash it down with diluted liquid fabric softener?  This is an old trick to
> use with hands and arms before stuffing fiberfill into stuffed animals or
> dealing with those pesky packing worms.
>
> Don't know if it would work with the slide, or if it would need
> reapplication on a regular basis, but would make area smell good!