"I have a feeling this is similar to the Barrymans people recommend for doing the intake cleaning without removal."
Yes.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=v6maint&Number=1174684&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=2&vc=1
"so I figured Id ask how it would work for the Duratech?"
Yes.
http://www.contour.org/mods/mods.php?s=howto&displayid=43
"I removed my intakes les than 10k miles ago, but figured this could be a good measure to prevent the build up from getting really bad in between "real" cleaning?"
Yes.