I went and bought one of those today. Seems to work really well. I was surprised, actually.

Whiffleboy

 

I use dawn dishwashing liquid and a wet handtowel so I can get into all the cracks. After washing, I hand dry it with a soft cotton (scratch-free) towel. If the wife's not around, you can use a big soft bath towel (ha ha). Then I wax it and take the wax off with another soft cotton (scratch-free) towel. I save the towel in my saddlebag for wiping off the dust when needed. For in-between cleanings, I take a hand towel and a bucket of hot water and give it a *****'s bath; wiping it down and rinsing/wringing the the towel frequently. Then I put a light coat of wax on it and remove it with the "wax towel" from my saddlebag. The waxing removes any water marks and makes it shine while providing protection.

 

PS I DON'T have denim paint. Duh, Guess I should have read the header post. Maybe it might help some non-denim people.
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Why wash it at all?
Washing will not help any denim color, it will still look like crap.
I was at a bike rally this weekend with at least 3000 bikes and I spent a good deal of time looking at the different bikes out there and seen only 2 denim bikes, one black and one blue.
God, I hope its only a fad and goes away.
I guess it takes different strokes for different folks but denim makes me puke. [X(]