arcpy - Using "IN" for SQL statement in Python

I'm selecting all records and then removing certain values from this selection in a Python script. I've succeeded using a for loop in a SearchCursor to remove records from the selection but it is very slow. Is there anyway to remove the records all at once using "IN" like how this would work in the field calculator

SELECT * FROM FeatureClass WHERE Field IN ('a', 'f', 'l')

This is what I have so far:

gRoutes =  ('R10T', 'R10TBP', 'R10TWP', 'R20T', 'R20TBP', 'R20TWP', 'R32T', 'R32TBP', 'R32TWP', 'R45T', 'R45TBY', 'R45TBP', 'R45TWP', 'R64T', 'R64TBP', 'R64TWP', 'R96T', 'R96TBP', 'R96TWP', 'R10TBY', 'R20TBY', 'R32TBY', 'R64TBY', 'R96TBY')

# field name
QF1 = "Product_Code"

WC1 = '"' + QF1 + '" IN ' + "'" + gRoutes + "'"

arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("layerFC","REMOVE_FROM_SELECTION", WC1)

This is what the WC1 expression prints as:

'"Product_Code" IN \'[\'R10T\', \'R10TBP\', \'R10TWP\', \'R20T\', \'R20TBP\', \'R20TWP\', \'R32T\', \'R32TBP\', \'R32TWP\', \'R45T\', \'R45TBY\', \'R45TBP\', \'R45TWP\', \'R64T\', \'R64TBP\', \'R64TWP\', \'R96T\', \'R96TBP\', \'R96TWP\', \'R10TBY\', \'R20TBY\', \'R32TBY\', \'R64TBY\', \'R96TBY\']\''

And this is the error I'm getting:

Start Time: Thu Oct 20 14:59:48 2016
ERROR 000358: Invalid expression
Failed to execute (SelectLayerByAttribute).
Failed at Thu Oct 20 14:59:48 2016 (Elapsed Time: 0.02 seconds)

Answer

Try this (SQL in python is kind of annoying sometimes):

gRoutes =  '(\'R10T\', \'R10TBP\', \'R10TWP\', \'R20T\', \'R20TBP\', \'R20TWP\', \'R32T\', \'R32TBP\', \'R32TWP\', \'R45T\', \'R45TBY\', \'R45TBP\', \'R45TWP\', \'R64T\', \'R64TBP\', \'R64TWP\', \'R96T\', \'R96TBP\', \'R96TWP\', \'R10TBY\', \'R20TBY\', \'R32TBY\', \'R64TBY\', \'R96TBY\')'

# field name
QF1 = '\"Product_Code\"'

WC1 = QF1 + ' IN ' + gRoutes

arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management("layerFC","REMOVE_FROM_SELECTION", WC1)