gloves to touch vinyl surface

Amazon sells cheap cotton gloves used for stuff like photography . I by them by the dozens. You can wash them a number of times before they fall apart.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004THMZJE/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As a photographer who wrestled with trying to actually get a film strip or 4x5 negative out of the sleeve while wearing cotton gloves, I can tell you they aren't exactly great for maintaining tactile dexterity. They're always slipping down your fingers leaving you with a dangling mass of cotton impeding your fingers. They do work to prevent damage, but customers aren't going to like wearing them long. I think Isochronism's finger cot idea is pretty good!

I would not patronize a business that required me to wear gloves to examine used records. Anyone knowledgable enough to want to examine the condition of a used record should know how to safely take a record out of a sleeve and replace it without leaving any marks. With gloves, you may be running the risk of records being dropped which would cause way more damage than just finger prints that can be washed off. If this is a serious concern, you should consider on-line sales only.

And you may want to increase your liability coverage for the 'one off' customer who doesn't know they are alergic, until they try your gloves on.

I would not patronize a business that required me to wear gloves to examine used records.

Why not? Even if you're considerate and careful, the next visitor may be a buffoon. They're everywhere, as any shopkeeper knows, and you can't keep them out because they don't wear signs around their necks. Many of them aren't even aware that they're buffoons, ignorance being in the nature of buffoonery. You often can't tell that someone's an idiot until they actually do something idiotic, by which time it's too late.

Asking customers to wear gloves alerts the casual shopper that care in handling the goods is expected. It gives the serious buyer confidence in the quality of the goods. Finally, it may annoy the buffoons enough to send them to some other, more trusting (and less careful) shop.

Personally, I'd go out of my way to support a business that was this serious about selling only the best quality goods.