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“But then you would have to see Teshuvos v’Hanhagos vol. 6 from Rav Sternbuch that says you’re over bal tosif if you wear today’s techeiles. :)”
He does not say that. He says that it MIGHT be bal tosif. If it’s real techeiles then it for sure isn’t bal tosif. If it’s not real techeiles, then it shouldn’t be any different than doing any mitzvah with a cheftza that is safek kosher e.g. tefillin, esrog etc. R’ Shternbuch is MECHADESH a chiluk in order to say that techeiles is different. And even if theoretically bal tosif would be an issue, you can just make a tenai that if it’s not real techeiles then it’s not l’shem mitzvah (which R’ Shternbuch himself acknowledges).