always thorough hand washing. but ALSO, constant snacking while working from home...
I can look at and appreciate the cover while it's in a sleeve. especially if you use the 5.0 ultimate outers...i actually think they make the album art pop more with the few I have...the main reason why I store them behind is that I had a bunch of seam splits happen, or dropped records when I was trying to get the records back into the jackets. I also scratched some records/got scuffs from trying to get records back into the jackets that were too tight. I'm a clumsy guy. I am also lazy. I want easy access to the records so I top load the sleeves. I never liked side-loading them either. I don't really get the point of an outer sleeve if you're taking the jacket out to try to get the record out of the jacket. But everybody has their rituals so to each their own! I just think having NO outer sleeves is cuckoo.
I cannot confirm or deny wearing white gloves...