been using the muc off wet lude in winter and dry in the summer.
tbh the wet, as you suggest is pretty darn adherent. i find a small splash of degreaser in chain cleaner and a dry/rub clean with an old cotton t-shirt has the chain gleaming in a couple of mins. all said looking forward to dry lube season.
clubby, also failed to find the campag victory 36 t chainring, or anything smaller than my 42 with the correct BCD, so just dropped on a shimano block with a 28t max rear. does the job in all but the steepest climbs