That's an intersting idea sabotloader. I tend to "over-treat" the bolster and flash channel area.I coat it down pretty good. I'll normally even drop a few drops down in the bolster and swab it around w/a cue-tip.That's where my concern with the excess sitting in there originates from. Many moons ago I remember having a goop of somekind sitting under the nippleof a caplockafter it sat a while. (wish I could remember which brand of oil that was as well)so since then that's how I've stored them. Your process obviously works as well. Sometimes we just get stuck in our ways I think-I know I'm guilty of that from tiem to time.