Elkins, those were all EXACTLY my lines of reasoning as well, that's why I tried so many different things. Somewhere in my garage there is still a blender whose insides are coated with Viva paper towel dust. THAT little experiment just almost worked like a charm, but failed when used in revolvers due to the lube being blown ahead of the bullet and ripping away lead as it was run over. Made some stellar groups with my .270, though.
Someone like you might just come along one day and discover how to make wood flour or powdered paper work like a charm in everything, and it would be totally awesome if you did it with grocery-store ingredients. I gave up early, too many things to test. Might revisit it one day like I did with the polypropylene thickener.
Brad, I'd reckon that you aren't a true lube nut unless you have scars, or have actually bailed out of the rack at 3:00 AM to go fire up the hot plate and test an idea that came to you in a dream.