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Tesla Cybertruck Could Be Tempered For Unique Colors Or Tattoos

Discussion in 'Cybertruck: Interior & Exterior' started by TMC Staff, Jul 27, 2020.

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    When you heat cold-rolled steel, you get various colors. Elon Musk says this is possible with the Tesla Cybertruck. The Tesla Cybertruck is unique in that it isn’t painted. Instead, it is just the color of stainless steel. Of course, people can choose to modify the Tesla however they want. More than likely, many folks...
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    Once, I cleverly put my stainless cookware though the oven-cleaning cycle (high-temp). If it can clean the oven, it will clean the pots and pans, right?

    And it did! They also donned a pretty rainbow of colors. And warped. Which was fine, because the rivets melted.

    So sure, you can heat-treat to new colors, but getting a single uniform color would be challenging. And temperatures high enough to change the color may also change other chemistries, possibly altering the strength characteristics...? A wrap seems more sensible.

    Laser etching sound cool, tho. Maybe they'll even do the badging that way.
     
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    Eh. Get a blowtorch and color it yourself.
     
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    #4 TechOps, Jul 28, 2020
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    The laser etching idea is cool, and how Tesla could potentially put a logo / label on the car. Heat treating/tempering the steel is also cool, though it seems easiest to do before the car is put together, otherwise you could potentially melt some important components below the steel.

    Titanium bicycles have been using the anodizing process to make really vibrant color designs for a while. Basically, chemicals and electric voltage are used to create varying thicknesses of titanium dioxide on the surface of the metal. Those different oxide thicknesses refract different wavelengths of light, creating color. Not sure this could be done on the steel to be used on CT. Maybe? Here's an example video/article: link.

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    You could whitewash it like an old barn to keep it cool, lime & water mixture.
    Or rail car graffiti.
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