soft-touch laminate book covers are gross

You probably know the ones: they feel sort of suedey when they’re brand new, but they don’t stay new for long. I work in a public library, and believe me, these covers are grime magnets. Today I handled several that had accumulated a sticky gray film all over. They felt revolting (and not soft) to touch. I tried scraping some of the gray yuck off one, but that only made it stickier. No matter how…