True - now, get it all off, including your optics/sights.
Vaseline is horrible about ‘attracting’ and holding dust and grit.
Just sayin’
Ether in open air environment— lot’s of it will remove the petrolatum. Acetone not a good idea— affect on plastic.
The Vaseline brand has gone all BLM support. I you buy petroleum jelly, do not give Vaseline the business.
Here is the offensive Vaseline commercial: