Should I be wearing a mask when I dig?

So, I don't have an enormous collection, but I do have maybe one large recycling crate completely full and two other standard crates as well, all of these records of course are pretty old, some of them even belonged to my grandparents. The point is, you guys all know that "funky old vinyl smell", and today I was just thinking, maybe I shouldn't be peeling through these records with my face right next to the crate and without washing my hands? I dunno, what do you guys think?

DNT BE WUSS THATS PART OF THE JOY OF DIGGINGI EMBRACE THAT SMELL

It depends. If there is mold on the covers then yea it wouldnt hurt to pop on a mask and maybe some gloves. I know there was a forum member who had gotten a nasty rash from digging. I personally avoid records that look like biohazards

Gardening, fixing cars, painting, crate digging...

Those are just things that will get ur hands dirty.

Take it or leave it.

poundaproblem wrote:It depends. If there is mold on the covers then yea it wouldnt hurt to pop on a mask and maybe some gloves. I know there was a forum member who had gotten a nasty rash from digging. I personally avoid records that look like biohazards

word , but those are the ones that have never been heard for that reason.
inless yuor in a swamppy basment then yes, but dont worry to much about it. spark up some NAG and the smell will subside.
ive been doing this for over 30yrs and i havent got anything oh wait my index finger just fell off!!!thats my digin finger.
nnaaw man do trip just use some lysol to kill that mold the smell is just part of owning records. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF VINYL,theres stuff more toxic then the smell of vinyl......that sinky ass TAG smell that sh!T WILL KILL YOU

dj e.d.e wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:It depends. If there is mold on the covers then yea it wouldnt hurt to pop on a mask and maybe some gloves. I know there was a forum member who had gotten a nasty rash from digging. I personally avoid records that look like biohazards

word , but those are the ones that have never been heard for that reason.
inless yuor in a swamppy basment then yes, but dont worry to much about it. spark up some NAG and the smell will subside.
ive been doing this for over 30yrs and i havent got anything oh wait my index finger just fell off!!!thats my digin finger.
nnaaw man do trip just use some lysol to kill that mold the smell is just part of owning records. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF VINYL,theres stuff more toxic then the smell of vinyl......that sinky ass TAG smell that sh!T WILL KILL YOU

Makes me think twice when I see those "have you been diagnosed with mesothileoma" ads on TV lol

Every year a certain amount if MPC-forum'ers get hurt. Most of them for flipping records into something absurd, and others because of biohazard nuclear reactions which are contagious on some record covers. Just stop man. I've never heard of anyone get I'll from record digging.

Ruslanio wrote:Every year a certain amount if MPC-forum'ers get hurt. Most of them for flipping records into something absurd, and others because of biohazard nuclear reactions which are contagious on some record covers. Just stop man. I've never heard of anyone get I'll from record digging.

no but really watch out for that greenmouldy shlt, ive dug in some of those,usually basements..i have the tendency to lick my fingers for grip when digin, i need to stop that .lucky i havent died yet. just wash your hands after you dig thats amust. i usually use some purell

Ruslanio wrote:Every year a certain amount if MPC-forum'ers get hurt. Most of them for flipping records into something absurd, and others because of biohazard nuclear reactions which are contagious on some record covers. Just stop man. I've never heard of anyone get I'll from record digging.

i'd be more concerned about breaking my back digging than anything else