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Lighter fluid is (mostly) Naphtha, a petroleum distillate, a solvent, is very volatile and vaporizes quickly leaving no residue.
And if lighter fluid did have any detergents, should it not be good to help clean the felt pad?

Naptha is a much slower drying solvent (is used as a retarder in some applications), and is more "oily" so to speak. The detergents and such aren't so much a problem cleaning, but they will make it harder to make the felt pad work later... either will work, but IME a pure solvent is much better for the job.