I have a long trusted friend clean my guns, and they’re spotless when I get them back. I trade him 1 box of 9mm ammo for every three guns . He’s happy and I’m happy, I hate cleaning them
I feel good getting that secret off my chest.
Don’t beat yourself up over needing help putting a gun back together. I’ve done it several times and most gun nuts have had problems putting at least one disassembled gun back together.