Maintaining Exterior Stainless Finish

[cbrtrckrsrvd112219]

I'm confident that Tesla will include a section on "caring for your stainless steel exterior" in the electronic owner manual.

.. they also might sell Polishing cloth just to troll apple: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MM6F3AM/A/polishing-cloth

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[Madaven818]

This kit should be all you need
https://store.delorean.com/a4000100-car-care-kit-w-box.html

This product is $50 at the time of this comment. It’ll be interesting to see how high the price goes once CT hits the pavement

 

[cvalue13]

Lots of “it’s stainless steel, it’s unblemishable” or “it’s a truck, who cares if it’s dirty” type energy

I don’t religiously wash my truck or anything, but that CT on display at cyber rodeo was a spotted and streaked mess - presumably after some care.

Will be interesting to see how this post ages…

Thanks to those with stainless cars for the preview and tips

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

I'm confident that Tesla will include a section on "caring for your stainless steel exterior" in the electronic owner manual.

Franz spoke with Ryan on 'Ride The Lightning' where he said they've developed a 'finish' to remove Mars and bring back the factory finish, DIY at home maybe?
ps. I thought the plan was to Colonise Mars!

 

[Red61224]

Don't worry. Stainless steel is hardy. Rain water doesn't typically leave spots. If you wash the truck with tap water that leaves spots, this is where you want to dry as quickly as possible, especially in the direct sun.
I'm sure Tesla will provide a guide to maintaining the exterior stainless steel finish.

Honestly, the best time to wash a vehicle is at night. The metal is cool and less spotting.

 

[Red61224]

while hilarious in action, there’s no benefit of urine to jelly fish stings (other than the comedy)

Having lived on the Gulf Coast all my life my go to remedy is Adolf's Meat Tenderizer, it breaks down the stinging nematocyst (which is a protein compound) and the meat tenderizer breaks it down rather quickly.

 

[davelloydbrown]

Honestly, the best time to wash a vehicle is at night.

I always chamois my vehicles after washing, so I guess I will do the same with the CT.

 

[Red61224]

I always chamois my vehicles after washing, so I guess I will do the same with the CT.

"IF" I feel motivated I use the leaf blower but then that does not happen too often.

 

[chinokie]

Honestly, the best time to wash a vehicle is at night.

… and while raining

 

[Cyberman]

Honestly, the best time to wash a vehicle is at night.

In the moonlight.

 

[Qishrink]

Look at the stainless in your home: flatware, cookware, kitchen sink, etc. Knowing all the abuse they take without ever using special polishes or ceramic coatings, are you really worried about your truck?

That said, there are some challenges. Fingerprints are quite pronounced when the exterior is clean. No coatings will stick, except maybe oil-based; it will look shiny, collect dust and dirt, and streak wildly when wetted.

Basically: use harsh soap and a scrub brush, and try not to sweat the little stuff.

Thank you!!

 

[Red61224]

Sperm cures acne.*

*I'm gonna get my account suspended again aren't I?

You may be technically correct.

Sperm Whales (Physeter catodon) or cachalots are the largest toothed whales with males averaging a length of 62 feet and females just 39 feet. See Moby DICK from Herman Melville's classic novel of the same name. The whale's common name originated during the heyday of the commercial whaling industry. The head of the sperm whale contains an ENORMOUS fluid-filled ORGAN. During whale harvests, this ORGAN, now called the spermaceti ORGAN, was discovered to contain a WHITE liquid that whalers mistook for the sperm of the whale.
The spermaceti organ was unique to the sperm whales, it has a volume as large as 530 gallons and can extend through 40% of the whale's length.

Whalers valued spermaceti (the name of the material within the spermaceti organ) because it could be cooled into a wax that could be made into ointments, cosmetic creams, and pomades.

See Encyclopaedia Britannica

Hurry up Cybertruck, we are too board and need the truck to keep us back on track less we digress deeper in the depths of belly button lint.

 

[Horizonvangogh]

I’ll be doing a clay decon, an even polish, Xpel ppf on all panels to lock in finish and then top it with Gtechniq ceramics. I’m an Xpel and 3M shop so I think first I’d like to see how this method holds up.

 

[Cyberman]

I’ll be doing a clay decon, an even polish, Xpel ppf on all panels to lock in finish and then top it with Gtechniq ceramics. I’m an Xpel and 3M shop so I think first I’d like to see how this method holds up.

Yikes! And if it doesn't?

 

[Horizonvangogh]

Take it off and do a Stek fashion film and ceramic.

Yikes! And if it doesn't?

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