My first cymbals tag came with then1973 Tama star drums kit were Avedis Zildjian 70's, ping ride, two 16 crashes heavy and medium heavy and new beat hi hat... All coming from a guy who collect cymbals he has around 300... And he likes the latina, I like them cleaned and Shiny...
Interest Grove juice and it was a disaster, maybe I didn't remove fats enough before the product was dry but I got these green residue on it... He took them back and cleaned them with lemon I think but I'm scared like hell to have my all other brand new cymbals getting dirty.
So, every day, I remove the dust with a dry microfiber and I bought all the brand cleaner, Sabian, the Sabian cleaner that works well, just need to have a lot of tissue to clean it before going dry.
Zildjian polish works awesome on my A custom Sweet ride, super easy, you could even use it without following the groove, it doesn't damage the cymbals, same stuff, change as often as you can the cloth or the microfiber you have.
Then I bought the kit from Meinl, work on both my traditional Meinl cymbals but we'll, better than the Grove juice in my old 70's Avedis... So, I know, maybe the product is quite the same but at least, I know if something happens, it's not because I haven't use the right product form the manufacturer...
Ha yes, I use to do that with gloves, white gloves and when I move my cymbals, I wear gloves as well, setting up, tearing down etc...so, less grease, less sweat, less residue to remove...