Thank you for sharing your experience.
I use IR image associated DIY LUTs as well and apply them in LR directly for DNG files.
One important notice is that LUT/color profile effect on DNG file is very very shooting conditions dependent. That means that for best result you should make shooting conditions dependent LUT in PS, import it in LR and apply it for whole series of images with similar lighting conditions.
Example (same color profile, same adjustmenst in LR, just different lighting - some sun was available on the left picture, and completely cloudy on the right)