Abstract: Removal of electrostatic charges from a body (3), in particular an article of manufacture submitted to electrostatic painting, is achieved by a device comprising an accumulation mass (2) made of lead and coupled with a copper drainage element (4), both having a ribbon-like structure and being rolled up in the form of a coil (5), upon interposition of an insulating layer (6) between the contiguous turns (5a). The drainage element (4) has an input terminal (7) disposed in the middle of the coil (5) and connected with the body (3), and an output terminal (8) disposed on the coil periphery and connected to the conventional grounding line (T).

Abstract: In a method of electrostatic painting, the air to be conveyed towards the spraying nozzle (10) of a gun (9) together with the powdered paint, is enriched with at least one additive gaseous fluid consisting of at least one gas supplied from a feeding bottle (136, 137, 138, 139) and/or vapor obtained by submitting the air to bubbling through a working liquid (115). The additive fluid which has a greater electric conductivity than the air, causes an increase in the paint amount coated on the workpiece (11) in relation to the paint amount sprayed from the nozzle (10).