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What anti-static material to wrap spare RAM?

I am scrapping a desktop computer but thought I would keep the RAM sticks to upgrade other machinesWhat's the best readily-available material to wrap them in to protect from damage by static? Aluminium foil?

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If you just need to color small areas of aluminum foil (no longer made from tin), you can use permanent felt markersThe resulting colors will be transparent so the shininess will show through a bit with just one coatOr you might be able to use glass paints from the craft storeIf you want precolored sheets of aluminum foil, then florists and maybe others will sell the embossed kind they use Thick metal foils (in colors or metal colors) are sold at craft stores for hand embossing tooOr there may be other things you'd think of as foils that are actually plastic (but metallic colored) and plastic-backed, and they're available at craft/etc shops as well (sometimes in rolls, sometimes sheets).
No idea.If I wanted coloured tin foil.this is the perfect time of year to seek out the foil wrap in the stores.it is more expensive than paper.but that sounds like it would do the trickI have never tried to colour regular tinfoilI would imagine the only thing I think might work is perhaps a permanent marker? Good luck.
I wouldn't do aluminum foil, but don't use plasitic either, plastic builds up a static charge because it doesn't conduct, aluminum easily conduct a static shock if you were charged, the best option would be to get an antistatic bag, but you would have to buy them onlinejust put them in something like idk, a paper bag, and then don't mess with themmake sure your grounded (no static buildup, go around touching metal objects that touch the floor like table legs) when you touch them again.

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