Tank Painting.
 

Gotten sick of looking at those once "character revealing" deep scratches through the Yammy emblem on the side of the tank.
Not sure what type of plastic 2010 Tenere petrol tanks are made out of but are they paintable?
Im talking profesionaly not a house paint and roller job.
Thanks.

Just about any plastic is paintable; only with plastics the preparation (including selecting exactly the right primer to correspond with the type of plastic) is much more critical.

See what my local spray painter comes up with after find out what type of plastic the tank is made of. Some type of poly l guess.
Now where did l put My Yamaha's number.

All plastics these days (due to environmental/recycling legislation) have to have somewhere on them what type they are. I've never looked that closely under my tank when I've had it off, but there should be a date stamp and the code for the plastic used.

Have you considered
 

Abrasive grit blasting instead. A light sanding to remove the scratches and then take the gloss off the lot. It will give it the whole battle ready look.

Well, clearly they are paintable, because they are painted by Yamaha ;). As for what paint you might need to use, no idea.

Might be worth asking JMo, as she's the only person I can think off who's had a tank resprayed.

And a BIG thankyou to JMo for all the info supplied via PM.
Muchly Appreciated.

Edit: And for the benefit of all the tank is double skinned so there is no drama with fumes permeating through and bubbling the paint.
A good plastic primer and she's ready for a top coat.

Consider trying wrapping it with vinyl instead... You can do it by yourself, and its easy to peal it off when you get tired of it. :)

Maybe in grey?

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I want to get my Ten sprayed at some point.

I want it proper Yamaha blue...not the blue they released the Ten in but the blue you get WR's and YZ's in (its darker than the Tenere blue)

I love that blue with white decals :050: