Okay, that's understandable!

Vaseline would probably be my choice here.

I'll stop by there in a while, and see if someone's gotten to it yet

That wasn't something I considered yet. But how realistitc that is obviously comes down to price and the weather resistance of those substances. Have you used those before, or are that only suggestions?

Oh yeah, the fact, that I can't just put the entire thing into a tub to let it get soaked, is annoying!

Windex, or an equivalent, might help, and the combo from the website also gets added to the list. Even though this particular case is the only one near me, in the next city theres a bunch of candidates for a little product testing.