I started with Lyman back in the 70s, thick, sticky and all the crap in the world sticks to the pad. Gave up on it when I discovered the RCBS spray a couple decades ago. Works great, the way I use it.
Tried the Hornady one shot aerosol. One shot didn't do it. I use the RCBS spray, the stuff in the pump bottle, NOT a spray can.
One of my other hobbies is building models which leaves me with some fairly large shallow (and clean) box tops. put the brass in, (40-50 rifles cases at a time), give them several pumps. wait a bit, stir and repeat. Give them a few mintues for the lube to work all the way around the brass evenly. Works fine for me. Cases should feel slightly greasy. I don't get dents either. IF things start feeling stiffer, give them another shot of lube. And of course, bigger brass takes a bit more.
Also, I use a single stage press, for the "Feel". I found loading rifle on a progressive just didn't do well for me, so I went back to the single stage, years ago.
do be aware that most of the military .308 you'll find was probably fired in machine guns which are noted for having "generous" chambers, and often take more force than commercial brass fired from bolt guns.