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Don't get me wrong I don't want to advise people to not use grease. Apart from that particular set of cranks I have always used grease, and I know there are a lot of people online and even in bike shops saying that you shouldn't use grease when installing square taper cranks, which results, as you rightly mentioned, in the crank not being pushed far enough up the taper.
However I was under the impression (and this is only from observation) that the Loctite would provide enough initial lubrication for installing the cranks correctly before it becomes solid. Anyways I shall use grease from now on and thanks for the explanation