I still reckon that 'clean & dry' is the way to go, especially if you have 'Ebony Star' installed. Anything you put on a surface will attract dust & grit.
I also changed the position of the alt bearing teflon, (up in the D), to give a little more stiction, as it was too easy to move. (Cheap Meade plastic bearings/pads too far down?).
One saving grace that Meade did, was to include 50 mm? x 1 mm? Teflon disks for the centre pivot bolt. I believe you all use 'milk bottle washers' for this?
All I can say is, try it. You can always, well mostly always, rectify it if things go wrong.
We can but post, what works for us.
HTH.
L.