Ok guys

I never even thought about it.  The turntable I have now was bought 30 years ago from some guy as part of a package of equipment he was selling so his wife couldn’t get it in the divorce.  The Kenwood linear-tracking TT did not have a dust cover — he didn’t know what became of it; maybe he thought it was better to not have a cover at all?  I just folded a pillow case in half and draped it over the turntable when not in use.  I still do it that way and now rarely play records.  I have a lot of records that endured many drunken parties and suffered from rough handling and spilt beer, though I did apply a Diskwasher prior to playing them, but a lot do not sound so good even after cleaning.  I think it would have been more important for me to have someone responsible to handle and maintain my records instead of having the dust cover.

Bob, There is a best way to keep your records pristine and then there is everything else which has severe shortcomings for one reason or another. Obviously you can't spill beer on them or throw them into a corner at the end of play.
Uberwaltz actually enjoys listening to noisy records. I do not. For most of us who try to keep our records pristine by not pouring beer on them etc, the main enemies are static, dust and a worn stylus. The only way to deal with static is to discharge the record while it is playing by supplying a path to ground near the source (the stylus). As for dust the only way to deal effectively with it is to keep the record discharged and the record shielded from the atmasphere (sorry Ralph, I had to do that:) buy keeping it in its sleeve and using a dust cover. Anything else is wishful thinking and I include in this category Zero Stats and record brushes. This is not IMHO. 

And you know what? I am man enough to admit Mike you are absolutely correct. I use the zerostat and so I know- it at best neutralizes charges while you're squeezing the handle. And I do mean "at best". There's times I've had a speck of dust on there and been using the z-stat and blowing and even with the z-stat streaming ions the darn thing is still stuck right to the vinyl. So yes of course smaller stuff you can't see is being pulled right into the groove. 

Your fO.q tape tweak recommendation was spot-on too. 

There are definitely words to describe you Mijo but decency and forum rules prevent me from going there.
Have a blessed day.

Oh and his evil twin rushes to join in.
We are doubly blessed......

You know what I have really had it with you pair of clowns and your arrogant posturing here there and everywhere trying to insinuate that only you know anything and everyone else is sad and pathetic.

Sure I clown around but no freaking way would I be caught spouting off trying to insist that my opinions were the only ones that were correct.

You pair have made these forums extremely depressing and as such I'm done.
Good job boys.....