So there's been a winter storm here all week. I get to work and there's a nice cakey layer of sand, salt, and grit all over my bike, components, fenders, and shoes. So I bring everything down to the boiler room and leave it next to the boiler, hang my clothes on the oil line next to the boiler to dry.
10 minutes before I leave, I take a large wet napkin, put on some latex gloves and bring everything up to the machine shop. 140psi of compressed air blows off all the dried grit, I use the wet napkin to brush things off, give everything a blast of compressed air again, head out and it's all over again the next day.