Dealing with dirt on dial

Bear with me for bringing the topic up again:
I recently acquired a 1962 sunburst dial connie with three discrete 0,3mm red dried-up droplets on the dial.

My watchmaker cuts a small wooden stick to the shape of a 1mm wide spatula and gently removes foreign dial objects with it, occasionally dipping the stick in water.
I would prefer a 30% alcohol in water solution with a laboratory cotton swab.

One of us (probably me), or both of us, could be wrong. What's your take? Incl: @Archer

I'm no watchmaker so I cannot charge actual money for my watch repair services (I do work cheap though), but I'd be concerned that the introduction of the alcohol to the dial's surface could act as a solvent to the dial's finish.

This - often they can just be flicked off the dial dry. If that doesn't work, then water - no alcohol...

It sort of depends on what the spots are. If they are surface drops that have f=dried, often they can just be flicked off with the peg wood - I use this technique fairly often, in particular on glossy dials. If they are more "stains" then a swab might be better. A lot depends on the texture of the dial.