# How to get broken glass off books and papers

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-broken-glass-off-books-and-papers/664445 "2013-07-25T01:06:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-broken-glass-off-books-and-papers/664445/21 "2013-07-27T16:25:33Z")

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> [@Buffalo\_Bilious](#):
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> I think the OP means “sticky” in terms of static electricity, not in terms of some kind of spooge that leaked from the lamp.

Yes, I thought of that too. Maybe one could neutralize the static in the paper, and then use another statically charged cloth to attract them away from the paper.

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