The title above was from the second video below, and in my experience I would say a more accurate title would be, "How to perfectly clean a CyberTruck exterior in 45 Minutes for under $2".
UPDATE: I was so fascinated by the videos below, I went to Walmart and purchased cans of Sprayway Glass Cleaner with Foaming Action for $2.48 per spray bottle. BTW: I also found them in a 4-pack at Home Depot for $7.26, which is only $1.82 per bottle!?!!
I used a total of 6 clean Costco microfiber towels, and one entire spray bottle of Sprayway. It did an amazing job, and made the CyberTruck look brand spanking new!!!! This was after having not washed it for a month. All in, it took about 45 minutes, and it started raining just as I finished up. After I got done dialing in cleaning all the stainless panels and windows, I took the saturated Costco microfiber towels, and used them to wipe down the door sits and Core Wheel Hubcaps and tires, which also looked great.
So the bottom line, is that for $2.50, and 6 Clean Microfiber towels, and 40 minutes of time I was able to perfectly able to clean my CyberTruck and make it look perfect—like it was detailed. The coolest aspect is I didn't have to mix anything, or use sponges or buckets, or clean up afterwards. My CyberTruck was pretty dirty when I started out, and in the future I will experiment more with this brilliant method, and update this article accordingly.
Another great takeaway for me personally is how amazingly simple a CyberTruck is to clean. Especially the wheels and tires, as the core wheel covers get wiped down and perfectly cleaned in less than 30 seconds, as you don't have to use a wheel brush, and you don't have to worry about curb rash either, since the covers are made out of a rubbery ABS plastic that completely covers the edge of the wheels, leaving them unexposed.
For the record, a few days after I took delivery I tried cleaning my CyberTruck with Windex after noticing a comment on a CyberTruck forum from somebody saying they liked how good of job it did. I tried using the Windex, but noticed it left some streaking, which the Sprayway did NOT.
The Sprayway cleaned it all perfectly. Not just the windows and stainless, but the black plastic wheel wells and bumpers. I used a total of 6 Costco microfiber towels, and the method I came up with was I would first do a deep clean with towel, then once it got saturated, and had materially cleaned a section, then I would go back over it with a new clean towel, which would not get that saturated. Then I would take that still pretty clean towel I had used to polish the finish, and then spray a new section and get it wet. Once a towel reach a saturation point, I would open the doors, and use it on the door sills, and then on the dirty tires and wheels.
I have been obsessed for a while about trying to figure out the best method for being able to clean a Tesla as quickly as possible, and naturally I came across the product named Rubbit, which I thought was interesting, but I didn't purchase or try it, but when I thought about it, I realized that the Sprayway CyberTruck cleaning method is was essentially exactly like the Rubbit, but:
-I didn’t have to purchase $150 worth of product.
-I didn’t have to charge up a USB-C sprayer, or worry if it was charged.
-I didn’t have to measure solution and mix it with water.
-It cost me $2.48 for one spray can of Sprayway, which covered the entire vehicle.
Rubbit Foam 2.0 costs $45 for a bottle that can cover up to 25 washes, which works out to about $2 per wash, but if you amortize the cost of the sprayer, probably ends up being closer to $4-5 per wash.
Now I am all curious about what would happen if I use Sprayway on a Tesla with paint? I will research it to see if it's safe, and if so, will tryin it out, and write a review of that experience.
I think in my quest to find the absolute simplest, easiest, most hassle free method to clean a vehicle, and certainly a CyberTruck, the Sprayway method seems like it must be the absolute winner. Also, it strikes me that when you go on a long drive Sprayway would also be great as you can keep a can in the subtrunk, under the bed, with some clean Costco microfiber towels, and just clean the front of the CyberTruck, or the whole thing if time and weather permit, when you are at a Supercharger. Speaking of Costco microfiber towels, they sell a 36 pack of them for around $20. The big advantage to using Costco microfiber towels, is you don't have to purchase a bunch of expensive big microfiber towels that you have to baby so you don't damage them.
Update #2: October 31, 2025:
I did some more research and realized that Costco sells a proprietary version of Sprayway Glass Cleaner, which is $8.59 for 4 Spray Cans, which works out to around $2.15 per canister, but the Costco version is 23 Ounces as apposed to the standard 19 ounces that everybody else sells.
This is significant, as when I used the 19 ounce version not only did I end up using an entire spray can, but at the end the spray can ran out, and I was thinking to myself, if it just had a few more ounces, it would be perfect. So while the Home Depot version might be a little bit less expensive @ $1.85, I would rather have 23 ounces, which should be more the perfect amount to thourogphly lean an entire CyberTruck, including the rims, tires and windows.
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My Model S was blue, which was beautiful, but it was a magnet for dust, and dirt. Chris Rock, famously once quipped, when it comes to women, there are women that are high maintenance and low maintenance. I say, keep them both away from me. What I want is NO MAINTENANCE!!!! And that's the greatest takeaway when it comes to the way it looks. It's a truck, and thus I don't really care what it looks like...
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