Does anyone use white gloves to handle records?

@ sleepwalker

Wearing gloves allows me to get a better grip on the record by grasping beyond  the edge a little. Not sure how this contact is any more degrading to the record than the contact of the brush on a record during a wet wash
or the vacuum of a wand as the suction holds it in place creating a bit of friction on the record surface while the record rotates.
When you say you should never grasp a record by the surface, you make it sound like I am handling a piece of bread. This is not the case.  The contact I make is probably not much more then what the average listener makes when pinching a record to start its removal from the sleeve.
 

Never after Labor Day.

Anybody who has handled vinyl for a while gets the technique of touching only the edges and label...all others should learn that or be banned from the things. I was always horrified by hip-hop DJs but have learned to accept that part...otherwise be careful...it's important to not rub your nose on the grooves either...ski mask maybe?

Records being handled at pressing plant(s)

www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=dEm%2fMvwR&id=EB8EE6FC1D51ECD211E749C18EB1161D...

www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=mGyCjesT&id=C6A2A5F431D327D0923A9502B803EA6BDE...

www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=p%2fhnYPDy&id=1ED5BFACADF0501FAE19C7E29E0DD9CE...

www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=JeB47L9B&id=CD753DA7F096EF375A3539C19FC177E4A7...

I don't handle vinyl with gloves, although you can purchase thin rubber/latex gloved by the dozens in boxed sets. I focus on getting the hole to line up with the spindle with great concentration, the drops of sweat flow on to the playing surface. I think I'll need to invest in a sweat band.