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gloves to touch vinyl surface

Hi,
I'm in the quest of equipping my record store with gloves for walk-in customers visiting the record store. This hasn't been done at any locations I've seen so far, but quite a few Mint records after a while are full with customer finger prints. They will also protect covers as well.

I don't normally sell any record bellow Goldmine EX grade and don't really want it to be finger-printed or sometimes accidentally scratched by nails.

What will be the best material that would be quite thin? It also shouldn't inflict any additional static.

After a pair of gloves used by customer one drops it in the basket and at the end of day I'll laundry them. I have to order them via uniform store I guess with store logo. I also plan to sell those as well
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elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
The lowest cost would be disposable one time use gloves.
I buy boxes of vinyl gloves. 200 for $10.
Latex gloves are a little more expensive, and a few folks are deathy allergic to latex.
The vinyl gloves are cheap, can be powder free. And way better than cotton gloves you are washing.
isochronism
1,447 posts
 
How about finger cots?
They may also double for use as condoms in a pinch for those under-endowed:(
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whart
1,930 posts
 
Princeton Record Exchange used to keep the expensive vinyl behind the
counter, only the jackets (which were in a poly bag, if memory serves) were
out in the stacks- if a customer was serious about a record, he/she would
grab the jacket and go to the counter to have a staff member pull the
record for inspection. Not sure going through the trouble of gloves is going
to get you to any better place. Just the process of re-sleeving can create
scratches, even if one doesn't touch the vinyl with a naked finger. Thus, for
the tres cher stuff, it may be better if you or your staff do the handling.
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yogiboy
2,678 posts
 
Isochronism, Thanks for your response. My wife and I are still laughing!
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
If you are serious, best to convert your store to a clean room environment, that way your possible customers will know you are a serious seller. Obvious you have not discovered the difference between 'collectors', those that never actually play a record, and one who does. 'Player's could care less about using gloves.
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