do you use a soft brush sometimes to get in small cracks and small parts to get the sand off? cause doing it with a wet rag is hard to get to the small spots.. is that OK to do?

I was putting my bike away wet...

it's Ok though, I just started winter riding this year, except for the chain, there is no other places where it looks like I have damaged anything, no signs of rust...

looks like I asked right on time, or maybe the chain breaking was a good thing, it made me wonder if i was doing this the right way.

thanks for being understanding and supportive!