When cleaning my windows, I spray the cleaner onto a micro-fiber towel, then clean the window. That keeps the cleaner from getting on the dash and maybe spotting it.
Are your painted wheels steel or aluminum? I've been told that you can't chrome plate aluminum as it's too porous? Is that true or was someone blowing smoke?
I washed my blazing copper metallic edge yesterday for the first time and notice 2 very small bubbles near painted edges of the body. I'll bring it up when I take it in for my first oil change.