I’m not really sure how this relates to the RCP, but I come across this situation quite often myself. The approach I’ve been using is to script both setting/resetting the dimensions and values of genepool/sliders like so (having a button that enables one to reset them published to the RCP):
And after clicking the ResetGenePools button on the RCP:
This example also demonstrates how/why I’d love Gene Pools and Value Lists in the RCP 