Okay, for the first time yesterday I grounded out an Amber LED through the base. I'm not quite sure what combo of what was going on at that particular moment triggered it, but let's talk about ways of stopping it.

These Red/Amber colors are odd with their construction. I heard you can light it by putting a neg wire to the base...

What are peoples experience with this and stopping it? Thermal paste? Thermal epoxy? Thermal tape? Do any of those stop the grounding out?

I don't have tons of LEDs for this to be a major issue, but I'd love to prevent it anyway.