after some nosing around a bit more, and seeing some pics of disassembled clarostat wirewound pots ... I've gone with using archer Professional Gel Lube (same as super lube from what i understand) to lube the washer at the end of the shaft, the brass plate, and brush that connects to the center pin, and lastly lubricating the winding / brush area. pot works smooth as you would expect it to with no dropouts.
The Lube itself is synthetic with PTFE, (PAO), doesn't attract dust, and has a very wide temperature range -65 to 650F, it's quite thick and stays put and is non corrosive. seemed like the perfect lube for a 4w wire wound pot that will be placed in service with some tube equipment. I don't have to worry about it getting liquid when it gets hot, or gumming up over time, or gathering contaminants.
I did consider the various deoxit choices, and nye reolube. seemed to me the deoxit lubes were too thin for this particular pot and they nye options seem to be good but didn't nessisarly offer me anything extra over the super lube / professional gel lube to justify 50 bucks and higher for a small tube.
I believe this is pretty close to what the factory did but with modern lube. oh for anyone interested, I found a date code in the pot 13th week of 1936. nice to bring something that old back to life.. and it's going into a pice if vintage test gear mode with vacuum tubes, a Sprague TO-6A