Over time, with playing constant playing, do vinyl records wear out?


I am resurrecting my 60's, 70's & 80's LPs. None have a clean apart from the cursory anti-static brush. My question is do these circular vinyl music discs wear out. With a new cartridge needle, gunge or no gunge in the groves, the hard needle material must wear away the indentations in a vinyl record. So no amount of cleaning will save them over time. Friction will win out...
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Showing 1 response by helomech

Get a decent vacuum RCM or one of the DIY ultrasonic kits on ebay. As for wear from repeated plays, it seems your question was rhetorical.