JLS that sounds like a idea to try, but isn't the Ebonite Hook again used to pull plasticizer out of the coverstock, not just oil. Ebonite wrote about how plasticizer migrates toward the surface of a coverstock, and that causes the loss of reaction, but that was before all the new coverstocks focus on oil absorption. Plasticizer is supposed to be like a lubricant, causing loss of traction.
But then the new video for the Complete NV says that daily cleaning is needed to maintain reaction. So I don't know what to think.