Hi dahermit,
you're a smart one. Carbide dies are the way to go in my book, it avoids the whole lube issue, unfortunately they aren't any for .308. I've written to Redding about making some and their answer is that they would be too expensive for bottle type cases like .308. I'm using the Redding National Match dies and that means full length resizing and lubrication.
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did you experience any lube dents?
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No, I didn't. It really was just like using Imperial wax. I really do think its the same exact thing. I'm talking about the jar not the squeeze tubes that my wife uses to remove her eye make-up (that may be the same, but that's not what I used).
I've read that many people use Hornady One Shot and it works great for them. It didn't for me, and got several stuck cases. But I may have not waited long enough to let it dry. Once I started using Imperial I never tried anything else because it worked. Hornady did send me two cans of Unique after I sent their die back to have a case extracted, but I haven't used it yet because I'm still using my can of Imperial. So, I'm not really in short supply of case lube.
I just noticed the similarity and thought I let other guys know, because I've seen many posts of people looking for an easily available and inexpensive case lube. PJ (petroleum jelly) does that and after I run out of the other case lube it will probably become my main case lube.