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Echo others, nozzles are consumables, keep some on hand.
It's not unusual for PETG to ooze a little after a print in my experience, but it's been my experience that a quick brushing with a nylon or brass brush is enough, often I just knock off the bit that oozes out, haven't had issues with offset doing that.
Baked on PETG is awful, I've scrapped a v6 block that blobbed itself (my fault, probably loosened it accidentally after a nozzle change, I only use hotends that don't rotate now). Some solvents do work, but most of the stuff that dissolves petg is nasty, I don't recommend them.
You could try some cleaning filament, personally found it fairly effective at clearing partial clogs, good stuff to have on hand anyhow.
Would an ultrasonic bath clean off petg?
Tbh not sure, I don't have one to try with, baked on petg reminded me of enamel coatings. Solvents do work, just most of the ones I'm aware of for petg aren't pleasant, flammable and toxic stuff.