Pressure washing winter salt and muck to restore the shining steel

[carsly]

We got a couple warm days in NJ and I took the opportunity to pressure wash the old Cybertruck. No soap, no additives, just a lot of water...under pressure! I did finish it off with a little something special, watch until the end - or skip ahead - to find out. All in all, would have been less than 15 minutes if I wasn't filming at the same time.



Ignore the detailers concoctions of Windex and Barkeepers Friend unless you want to discolor the surface and/or have to continually deal with the accelerated surface aging you're creating with that mess of chemicals. Cybertruck really is this easy to clean, even after doing nothing through a brutal winter. Questions welcome.

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[EasternSP]

I bought a pack of the microfiber towels shortly after I bought my CT. After using the first couple of them, I realized there must be some kind of "something" on the towel that kept it from really absorbing the Sprayway. I threw the whole bundle of them in the washer with a few towels then the dryer and now they work as expected.

 

[carsly]

I bought a pack of the microfiber towels shortly after I bought my CT. After using the first couple of them, I realized there must be some kind of "something" on the towel that kept it from really absorbing the Sprayway. I threw the whole bundle of them in the washer with a few towels then the dryer and now they work as expected.

odd, maybe they had some coating? most of my microfibers come from costco or Home Depot. where did you buy yours?

 

[EasternSP]

odd, maybe they had some coating? most of my microfibers come from costco or Home Depot. where did you buy yours?

I think it was an auto parts store.

 

[koolio]

Haven’t watched your video yet but I may have to try this. Haven’t washed mine since the Fall and I’ve been dealing with this winter in the greater Boston area.

 

[carsly]

Haven’t watched your video yet but I may have to try this. Haven’t washed mine since the Fall and I’ve been dealing with this winter in the greater Boston area.

Give it a go, you got more snow and salt than we did in NJ.

 

[Flatty]

Haven’t watched your video yet but I may have to try this. Haven’t washed mine since the Fall and I’ve been dealing with this winter in the greater Boston area.

Hello fellow Cybertruck ers!
When I power wash mine I do the undercarriage first after raising it to the highest setting. This way I can lay on the dry ground to give it a quick rinse and then clean the wheel wells. I then lower it to clean the top and so on.

 

[carsly]

Hello fellow Cybertruck ers!
When I power wash mine I do the undercarriage first after raising it to the highest setting. This way I can lay on the dry ground to give it a quick rinse and then clean the wheel wells. I then lower it to clean the top and so on.

That's a great pro tip, hadn't thought of starting with the undercarriage but it makes a heck of a lot of sense. Appreciate the insight, that's what makes this community so awesome, we're helping each other figure it all out.

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