used as a substrate to determine the effect of the antistatic agent of the invention on the conductivity of such a substrate and the adhesion of a subsequently applied electrostatic coating the same substrate which was not treated with the antistatic agent of the invention was used as a control in carrying out the test the substrate was treated with an antistatic agent resulting from the reaction of a quaternary ammonium ethyl sulfate salt mixture of 10 weight percent ch 3 ch 2 n ch 2 ch 2 oh 3 sup u2295 and 90 weight percent c n h 2n 1 och 2 ch 2 n ch 2 ch 3 ch 2 ch 2 oh 2 sup u2295 emerstat u00ae 6660a where n 12 to 14 with trifluoroacetic acid in a toluene solution to which a small amount of base material was added the reaction product was distilled to remove a water toluene azeotrope formed during the reaction an antistatic treatment bath was made up comprising 50 grams of the resultant antistatic agent 50 grams isopropanol 2 grams ethoxylated nonylphenol trycol u00ae 6974 and 898 grams deionized water the bath was heated to 125 u00b0 f to disperse the antistatic agent the substrate was immersed in the treatment bath for 5 minutes then spray rinsed for about 30 seconds at 10 15 psi with deionized water and oven dried for 5 minutes at 120 u00b0 f conductivity of the treated substrate was.