Those wrapping you see are also the cause of a lot of needle damage to the finish.
Here's my New Home AB when I first got it home:
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You can see the two needle bands on it.
After cleaning:
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You can see the damage to the finish where the bands were.
Those bands are the worst idea anyone ever came up with. I always try to ignore machines with such bands on them.
Joe