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Used grease on spoke threads - wheel went out-of-true quickly

So, I had a noisy Forte Titan rear wheel. Had a ping every few revolutions, especially when climbing. So, I marked every spoke position with a sharpie, and one-by-one removed each spoke, cleaned off the dried material on the thread (spoke-prep?), and put a dab of grease both on the thread and the hook that mates to the hub. After I did this to all the spokes, I had the mechanic quickly true it up. The wheel was noise-free.

After probably 100 miles of riding, the wheel was out-of-true. Not enough to hit the brake pads, but noticeable. Then, coincidentally, I hit a HUGE rock, and it made it much worse.

So, should I have used something other than grease?
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