Nothing wears them out faster than dirt and dust. I don't know if these are still available, but I used to use a product which was a hollow tube, felt on the outside with a sponge layer just on the inside followed by a plastic tube with perforations in the middle, with plastic stoppers on either end. You put distilled water inside, and wiped the record before playing each and every time. This device picked up dust very efficiently and because it was wet, also killed any static electricity. In addition, I had a device called a dust bug, which was a felt roller mounted on a metal arm, and rested on the record as it played. Despite being so paranoid and cleaning records just before playing, I was always amazed how much gunk the dust bug collected during the play.