Tesla Cybertruck Rust? What It Really Is & How To Clean It.

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It has been virtually 3 months since Tesla started delivering its most awaited electrical pickup truck — the Cybertruck. Up to now, Tesla has delivered a couple of hundred items to its clients.

Because the deliveries have began to develop, Tesla Cybertruck house owners are experiencing points and issues beforehand unknown to them. One such subject Cybertruck house owners began reporting earlier this month was seen rust particles.

When trying intently on the Cybertruck physique panels, small rust particles have been noticed by a number of house owners. These rust spots appeared that the chrome steel physique of the Cybertruck was getting rusted.

Mainstream media (MSM) picked up this subject and posted articles with rusty Cybertruck photos and even faux catchy thumbnails. This resulted in a viral dialogue creating doubts that the Cybertruck physique is just not actually rust proof.

That is what a Cybertruck seems to be like after sitting outdoors for five days when it rains. Chrome steel does the truth is stain, and rust. House owners are simply now discovering the exhausting upkeep they should do to maintain them clear, or pay $5000 to have them wrapped in clear vinyl. pic.twitter.com/ZqpPUV0eVy

— Alan! (o2bnobx on Threads) (@o2bnobx) February 17, 2024

The X publish that added gas to the hearth of the Cybertruck rusting dialogue. Why maintain a Cybertruck outdoors for five days within the rain when it can easily fit inside a garage?

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Cybertruck discussion forums have been additionally swarming with posts the place new house owners didn’t have a clue of what really these rust spots have been and how you can clear them cost-effectively.

How the Cybertruck Physique Will get Rusted

Because the heated debates began throughout the web, Tesla’s Cybertruck Lead Engineer Wes Morrill took to X (Twitter) to clarify the problem. In keeping with Wes, these are simply free iron particles that the Cybertruck’s chrome steel physique catches and reacts with.

“Stainless is reactive and free iron that sits on it should rust. It’s floor contamination solely and might be cleaned off simply,” Wes posted.

“Bar Keeper’s Good friend used right here works properly, citrisurf77 also can loosen the deposit and easily wipe it off. If something cussed use a blue non-scratch Scotch Brite pad because it gained’t depart any marks on the steel,” he added to supply recommendations on eradicating the rust spots from the Cybertruck physique in his X post.

Free iron/metal particles might be current in an setting like a steel workshop or automotive physique store the place steel is reduce or smoothed out utilizing a grinder. One other supply of iron particles is the wheels of a practice. When a car is transported by practice, the iron particles coming from the friction of its wheels and the rail can accumulate on its physique. When these particles are uncovered to water or moisture, they’ll simply oxidate on the Cybertruck physique.

CarWash.com explains rail mud as:

Rail mud is strictly that, when vehicles are transported by practice (rail) from the manufacturing facility to a metropolis, the steel wheels of the practice vehicles working on steel rails create small particles of steel that fly into the air and land on the horizontal surfaces of the automotive.

They’re sizzling and can adhere to the paint. Then once they get moist from rain; snow or simply dew they rust and create tiny little rust spots that are fairly seen on white, yellow, beige or gentle coloured vehicles.

Loads of MSM protection about rust. None present precise photographs, normally an excellent indicator to query the accuracy. Facet by aspect with a painted car, that is floor contamination.

Tesla SS really has a PREN worth (resistance to pitting corrosion) larger than 316L “marine grade” pic.twitter.com/sxZNl8wfzL

— Wes (@wmorrill3) February 20, 2024

Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill shares a video of a side-by-side comparability of a Cybertruck chrome steel physique with a painted automotive physique with each having the rust iron particles caught from the setting.

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How one can Repair Cybertruck Physique Rust

YouTuber Bearded Tesla Man (BTG) experimented with a couple of completely different cleaner sprays in his Cybertruck rust video (watch under). No product labored apart from the Bark Keepers Friend – Soft Cleanser for chrome steel.

BTG put a small amount of Bar Keepers Good friend reducing agent on a microfiber towel and dabbed it onto the Cybertruck physique panel in a couple of locations. Then he rubbed it with the identical microfiber fabric in circles. The factor to recollect is to not apply an excessive amount of stress whereas rubbing the cleansing liquid to keep away from creating any patterns on the chrome steel panels of the Tesla Cybertruck.

Let’s watch how you can clear the rusted steel particles off of the Cybertruck physique within the following video:

Be aware that the Tesla Cybertruck has a 12-year physique rust restricted guarantee which comes with some situations that the automaker has defined within the truck’s guarantee doc.

Article first printed on Tesla Oracle.

Featured photograph courtesy of Matt Pressman | Florida Tennis Magazine