Does anyone use white gloves to handle records?

I had to check the date: nup, not April 1st :-)

If you really think your fingers are going to seep oils onto the vinyl, white gloves is not the answer.
surgical sterile dental gloves would be the correct choice and give you a better change of actually " feeling " the record and not dropping it.

me, I will stick with maintaining clean hands and picking up at the edge and centre hole.

My wife thinks I'm a little eccentric as it is. Last thing I need is her to pop down and see me wearing white gloves.

I save the white gloves for other occasions.........

I am not sure there's a right or wrong here. 
I wear white gloves because it  allows me to place a more secure grip on the record by being able to touch more then just the very edge of the record.  This is especially handy when using one hand to hold the record while placing it into a sleeve.

My experience is just the opposite of those above seeing it clumsy to handle a record with gloves.  I have on a couple of occasions dropped a record because of trying to handle it by the edges alone or edge and center hole with bare hands.

Word of caution, once I place the record on the turntable, I immediately remove the gloves prior to doing any cleaning of the record or stylus, so not to take a chance of snagging the stylus/cantilever with a glove.
  I think its a given that the gloves must be clean; wouldn't make a lot of sense to handle a record with soiled hands or soiled gloves.

As far as leaving glove debris or material on the record, I would think it would be removed by the carbon fiber brush or other means you employ to remove dust prior to play.

Handling records with or without gloves both work; I like cotton gloves for the above reasons.






 

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