Thanks Gibran2, I guess less is more in this case.

Anyone got a good method to clean the GVG?  Of course getting as much spice back as possible is always good.  I've filled the pipe with solvent and scraped off as much as I could with a wire but it really doesn't want to dissolve.

I wish I had an ultrasonic bath right now.

I also destroyed the liquid pad taking it out.  It was a hard, stuck together mass, I had to pull it out piece by piece.