My first injector jammed up on me in two weeks with some cheap grease from a hardware store.

Right?! It's wild how our brains just assume more care equals better results. I did the same thing with my aloe plant, watered it like every other day thinking I was being a good plant parent. Nope, it basically turned into green soup. Now I just water it when I remember, maybe once a month, and it's honestly the happiest it's ever been.

...and the kicker is, I did the exact same thing with my dovetail plate last month. I actually keep a little checklist now (like, a literal piece of paper taped to my case) for when I'm setting up, just to run through the basics before I start tweaking. It covers mount orientation, counterweight position, and dovetail direction. Sounds silly but it saves me so much frustration, especially when I'm half asleep at 3am trying to catch Jupiter.

Oh man, YES. I burned so many steaks in my early days waiting for that perfect release and ended up with shoe leather. I swear learning to feel the grate through the spatula is half the battle.

Wait, so @robinp89 is saying flats fix dust spots too and I had it all backwards?