Never drop or abruptly pick up the needle on a vinyl record especially as it's fading out.

Your hand is never truly steady so it's easy to slip up, and gouge the grooves of a record or even break the needle on your cartridge. Use the cueing lever on your turntable to raise and lower the needle. Read on to find out why WD-40 is not to be used on records and a whole lot more. Below are ten common mistakes that can ruin records and/or impede their sound quality. Vinyl records are treasures to enjoy, but one must treat them with care as they are very fragile and easily damaged. In our previous article, How To Clean Vinyl Records, you learned all about cleaning your records by hand with regular household cleaners or a record cleaning machine however, that is only the start.

Think you know all there is to know about vinyl records? A real vinyl record collector would never commit any of these TEN sins to their records.