I just picked up my new 365 this morning and it is covered with a sticky substance. Worse than cosmoline. What are your recommendations to remove this substance? M-Pro7 doesn't touch it.

Did you contact SIG customer service yet? There will plenty of suggestions, any of which might work or might do cosmetic damage to the Nitron finish and/or polymer.

Whatever you chose, use the least caustic product first. My suggestion would be odorless mineral spirits or denatured alcohol.

Try cleaning with Dawn or Simply Green. It will cut through all the goop, then some rubbing alcohol befor you CLP.

SIG used to pack their guns in a goop that smelled like Coppertone sun tan lotion. Just give a good cleaning, Re-lube with your product of choice and you will be good to go.

Rubbing alcohol.

If it’s just the metal, like mag bodies, I use solvent like Hoppes or Shooters Choice.

Hoppes #9 will clean it off.

This stuff is everywhere. I'm reluctant to do something like the old Hoppe's for fear of harming what seems to be a thin finish. The plastic bag it came in was full of this slimy crap. I'll call Sig tomorrow.

Uh, okay. Just call SIG then.

Got any photographs of this? I find it difficult to believe with the way you're describing it.

Its likely just the thick preservative oil/grease they put on all guns. Guns can sit on shelves, in their case for years before being purchased. Plastic bags with the oil preservative prevents them from rusting as the cases and foam trap moisture

I always prep gun with a good rubbing alcohol wipe down, before apply my favorite gun lube, Slip 2000.

The last SIG I bought (a P320 in early 2017) didn't have any of this. But - it was on display on a gun show table. Maybe they cleaned it up first.

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Originally posted by AZ Husker:
This stuff is everywhere. I'm reluctant to do something like the old Hoppe's for fear of harming what seems to be a thin finish. The plastic bag it came in was full of this slimy crap. I'll call Sig tomorrow.

I don't believe there's anything on the P365 that you're going to hurt with Hoppes. Hoppes is designed for cleaning firearms, and the finish on the P320s and P365s is pretty tough. I've used Hoppes on mine regularly and even hosed them down with gunscrubber (which is another product that might work well for you) with no ill effects.

Also, it's a plastic, striker-fired carry gun, not a display piece. Simply carrying it in a holster is going to put more wear on the finish than you're going to cause scrubbing it with a toothbrush soaked in Hoppes. How do you plan to clean it after shooting it if you're not prepared to use solvent? To each his own I guess, but it seems to me you're overthinking this a bit.

No, it's so horrible, that now I'm curious. It's so bad, it can't be managed without calling the factory, so, I'm really curious now.

Let's see it

Mine was fairly dry when I got it. There was some oil on/in it but it was thin and easy to clean. If I had wanted to I could have wiped it down with a dry rag, lubed it up with my preferred elixir, and shot it. Why SIG decided to immerse yours in magic unicorn goop and leave mine dry I have no idea.

When I got my DW VBOB in stainless it was in a plastic bag and it had something similar to what you describe. After peeling the bag off, I soaked the VBOB down in Ballistol. I didn’t find any of the stuff on the internals, just seemed to be on the exterior. Like they sprayed it with something prior to bagging it up and putting it in the plastic case.

Ballistol did the trick. Thanks for the hints folks!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
No, it's so horrible, that now I'm curious. It's so bad, it can't be managed without calling the factory, so, I'm really curious now.

Let's see it

Nothing a little kerosene and a wire brush won't fix....

I think mine had a bit of residue from something on there, but a bit of kroil on a rag took it off. WD40 will do just as well.

I'd keep the hoppe off the front sight, or wipe it with a rag or q-tip lightly damp with solvent, but it's a good idea to protect the sight.

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Originally posted by AZ Husker:
Ballistol did the trick.

Imagine that.

No residual 'goop' on the P365s we've received to date. Lotsa oil, though.