Rust Spots/Corrosion is the Norm

[TexasRaider]

Looks like it’s $13,000 PPF or rust. Our pick.

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[wtibbit]

Looks like it’s $13,000 PPF or rust. Our pick.

Dang!!!!!

It's a False Dilemma! I'm a sucker for those things because I'm woefully lacking critical-thinking skills.

I guess I'll just have to cancel my reservation and spend that $100 on enough cheap beer to drown my sorrow....

 

[TexasRaider]

Dang!!!!!

It's a False Dilemma! I'm a sucker for those things because I'm woefully lacking critical-thinking skills.

I guess I'll just have to cancel my reservation and spend that $100 on enough cheap beer to drown my sorrow....

It’s sooooo much more than I planned to spend, for sure. 🫣

 

[mbeltran]

Some images after a dish soap wash. Cybertruck was driven 2 days in rain.

No lie! Not sure I’d call it rust, but time will tell as more CTs experience real world environments.

 

[Cyber Man]

Thanks to this thread, news outlets have already picked up on the images to troll CT. They were in such a rush to not even grammar check the title. Apparently we, cybertruck owners, are already rusting!

Don’t forget to take Windex before jumping into shower today.

https://news.yahoo.com/cybertruck-owners-theyre-already-rusting-154649229.html

 

[Mini2nut]

The SS formula is proprietary to Tesla and their vendor.

I would love to know how many SS formulas the material science engineering team tried out during the development process.

 

[Dusty]

The SS formula is proprietary to Tesla and their vendor.

I would love to know how many SS formulas the material science engineering team tried out during the development process.

Between SpaceX and Tesla, I think quite a few SS formulas were eyeballed.

 

[cvalue13]

Reality in middle

meanwhile, the two sides:

• CT panels falling apart Rapidly

• CT panels made of unobtainum, unable to be marred beyond reasonable expectations of aesthetics for a $120K vehicle



Not all stainless is created equal, and each type represents compromises between the various characteristics. Meaning: it’s irrelevant to the conversation that you have a BBQ pit, ball hitch, or floating concert barge that you think looks fine.

ultimately, the family of metals was dubbed stainless, not stainproof. Because regardless of whether it will fall to pieces, it will stain and corrode plenty in the right (wrong?) conditions - how much, how fast, and what conditions, all depending on what the formulation was compromising for.

end of the day, it’s no accident Tesla is offering wraps and coatings for the CT. Whether the panels will be functionally impacted from staining/corrosion, being irrelevant to whether the panels will meet customer aesthetic requirements.

 

[Daryoon]

So far, looking over my panels, the rust specks are very obviously fallout from environment and/or rail dust. If you do the plastic bag trick, you can feel the bumps.
I used a clay bar and it removes the specks of iron that is still whole. All rust traces gone.

There was one spot I was testing the water spot remover. And it may have worked too well. Leaving a spot that is too clean now.

this was the worst one. But I couldn’t capture that it was visibly raised speck of iron.

Literally a couple of seconds with Water spot remover. And went to grab the windex to wipe off and it was too clean. Which meant I had to polish the rest of the panel.

Some of the other spots I found, I used a car polish and it clean up the rust spot but didn’t remove the warm hue that is the patina of the stainless steel.

I’m still experimenting with car detailing product that are go to for cleaning CT.

 

[CyberGus]

it’s irrelevant to the conversation that you have a BBQ pit, ball hitch, or floating concert barge

It's relevant, in that some are behaving as if they've never seen stainless steel before?!

Whether the panels will be functionally impacted from staining/corrosion, being irrelevant to whether the panels will meet customer aesthetic requirements.

This. The stainless panels will never, ever corrode away or "rust out", any more than the unpainted aluminum castings will. But, the stainless definitely interacts with the environment, which can alter the appearance in ways that some may find objectionable.

No matter how bad it gets*, the appearance can be made better-than-new with some cleanser (BKF et al), a few beers, and a karate lesson from Mr. Miyagi.





* yes yes, significantly harsh contaminants coupled with neglect and/or abuse can of course cause damage that will take more effort to resolve. The sun will burn out, too, just not in any timescale that we need to worry about.

 

[CyberGus]

So far, looking over my panels, the rust specks are very obviously fallout from environment and/or rail dust. If you do the plastic bag trick, you can feel the bumps.
I used a clay bar and it removes the specks of iron that is still whole. All rust traces gone.

There was one spot I was testing the water spot remover. And it may have worked too well. Leaving a spot that is too clean now.

this was the worst one. But I couldn’t capture that it was visibly raised speck of iron.

Literally a couple of seconds with Water spot remover. And went to grab the windex to wipe off and it was too clean. Which meant I had to polish the rest of the panel.

Some of the other spots I found, I used a car polish and it clean up the rust spot but didn’t remove the warm hue that is the patina of the stainless steel.

I’m still experimenting with car detailing product that are go to for cleaning CT.

Buffing makes it shiny, oxidation will dull it down a bit. Maybe you can feather the edges to make it less obvious, and wait a few days to let it oxidize.

When I scrub out scuff marks on the DeLorean, the affected area becomes very very shiny, but it doesn't last.

 

[LDRHAWKE]

Just picked up my Cybertruck today. The advisor specifically mentioned the cybertrucks develop orange rust marks in the rain and that required the vehicle to be buffed out. I know I heard the story of never take out your Delorean in the rain but I just never read anything about rust and Cybertrucks. All in all smooth delivery. The first 10 min of driving, the vehicle was pulling hard to the right…I turned around and went back to the service center thinking there was an issue. They scheduled me to a different service center near where I live but after putting on some more miles the pull went away.

without Molybdenum added 300 series stainless will rust. One of the reasons 316 stainlees has Molybdenum.

 

[> spieltmit]

Thanks to this thread, news outlets have already picked up on the images to troll CT. They were in such a rush to not even grammar check the title. Apparently we, cybertruck owners, are already rusting!

Don’t forget to take Windex before jumping into shower today.

https://news.yahoo.com/cybertruck-owners-theyre-already-rusting-154649229.html

Yes, also here in Europe all big news outlets cover the story with a link to this thread....

Here are some examples: Austrian "derStandard" and some German outlets:

 

[CyberGus]

Yes, also here in Europe all big news outlets cover the story with a link to this thread....

The Yahoo link is just a re-post of the story, which originated from "futurism.com". They host a slew of other fascinating stories, such as "Cybertruck Goes Off-Road, Wheel Snaps Off"", "Cybertruck Drivers Reveal Terrible Range Over First 10,000 Miles", "Jupiter Used To Be Flat", and "Ancient Human Artifact Was Made With Extraterrestrial Material".

 

[wtibbit]

No lie! Not sure I’d call it rust, but time will tell as more CTs experience real world environments.

That's not rust. Iron oxide (rust) is reddish brown.

I believe those spots are some type of surface contamination that the dish soap wash didn't remove.

Try a solvent, Goo Gone, or a commercial bug/tar remover on it. I've have great results removing surface contaminants from stainless steel boat fittings using Star Brite Chrome and Stainless Polish, which is a combination for various solvents with absolutely no abrasives. This type of "polish" - really a cleaner - will not mechanically affect the stainless steel surface, but will dissolve tar and similar contaminants.

Most paste-type metal polishes, such as Flitz, contain some abrasives and often contain ammonia. Abrasives that are softer than stainless steel - such as the aluminum oxide in Flitz won't hurt the truck's surface but I'd avoid ammonia.

So far, looking over my panels, the rust specks are very obviously fallout from environment and/or rail dust. If you do the plastic bag trick, you can feel the bumps.
I used a clay bar and it removes the specks of iron that is still whole. All rust traces gone.

There was one spot I was testing the water spot remover. And it may have worked too well. Leaving a spot that is too clean now.

this was the worst one. But I couldn’t capture that it was visibly raised speck of iron.

Literally a couple of seconds with Water spot remover. And went to grab the windex to wipe off and it was too clean. Which meant I had to polish the rest of the panel.

Some of the other spots I found, I used a car polish and it clean up the rust spot but didn’t remove the warm hue that is the patina of the stainless steel.

I’m still experimenting with car detailing product that are go to for cleaning CT.

Look at the water spot remover's ingredients. If it contains ammonia it may have removed the stainless steel's protective passivation layer of chromium oxide in that area. I would avoid any treatment that contains ammonia.

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