is what it looks like...thick, near the viscosity of a heavy oil, brownish amber in color, almost like a grease. Pistol and wax paper and a bit of the inside of the box is coated in it. Whatever it is!
If that isn’t what it is, I’m not certain what it is then.
Any suggestions?
pics needed?
Well, that sounds like cosmoline all right. Or maybe it was a brownish oil and it’s thickened a little over time?