Hello, I was wandering if anyone had ever repainted their Northern Tool "NorthStar" log splitter and did ok matching the paint? I picked up a used 37 ton rig that is still in good working shape but has set outside for some of it's life and needs spruced up a bit with some new paint.
I thought I would get it out behind the house pretty soon and give it a good cleaning up and maybe take the beam loose from the frame. Sand it down, tape it out and shoot some new paint on it. The black parts, I don't mind if I get a bit of a different shade but I would like to try to match the maroonish red color the best I can. The guy at Northern Tool that I ordered a few parts from over the phone today said they didn't have any info at all on the original paint.
If you've ever been into this or know of a good paint match, please let me know what you ended up using. I'd kind of like to use some Rustoleum if I can. The log stripper was gone off of it when I bought it so I ordered one of those. So that should help me with a paint match.
For what it's worth, Northern does have a new retrofit engine guard that keeps logs from hitting your engine now. The cost is $50. A lot of the reviews I've read has complaints of dented gas tanks on the GX270 Honda engines. So hopefully it will help.
I'll try to post some pics when I get it freshened up and get the guard put on. I don't have my camera working again just yet but plan to. Thanks A Bunch! Better get ready to start mowing tomorrow. AARRRRGGGG :coolgrin:
I thought I would get it out behind the house pretty soon and give it a good cleaning up and maybe take the beam loose from the frame. Sand it down, tape it out and shoot some new paint on it. The black parts, I don't mind if I get a bit of a different shade but I would like to try to match the maroonish red color the best I can. The guy at Northern Tool that I ordered a few parts from over the phone today said they didn't have any info at all on the original paint.
If you've ever been into this or know of a good paint match, please let me know what you ended up using. I'd kind of like to use some Rustoleum if I can. The log stripper was gone off of it when I bought it so I ordered one of those. So that should help me with a paint match.
For what it's worth, Northern does have a new retrofit engine guard that keeps logs from hitting your engine now. The cost is $50. A lot of the reviews I've read has complaints of dented gas tanks on the GX270 Honda engines. So hopefully it will help.
I'll try to post some pics when I get it freshened up and get the guard put on. I don't have my camera working again just yet but plan to. Thanks A Bunch! Better get ready to start mowing tomorrow. AARRRRGGGG :coolgrin:
