Cleaning the bilge

[kalinowski]

I’ve been working on Lady Leanne for a few months now since purchase and it is time for me to go bilge diving and clean this area up. I would ask the veterans of this chore what cleaners/tools they would recommend I be armed with to tackle this job.

Needless to say, the water down there is far from clear.

Thanks

Dan Kalinowski
S/V Lady Leanne (#135)
Honolulu

[Adam Silverstein]

A wife, 105-115 lbs and narrow gauge. A diligent child, similar dimensions also works.

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[RichCarter]

So what do you do, dress your wife in terry-cloth, spray her down with simple-green and ask her to run around in the bilge? I’m not sure I could talk my wife into that.

Rich

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[Anonymous]

I clearly I remember the first time…

I used a bio degradable bilge cleaner that will break down oil. I fill the bilge with about 10″ of water with the cleaner and let sit for about 2 hours. I then pump out (unless there is significant oil/fuel present and flush with a hose while the pump is running.

When empty I then add water again with Dawn dish soap, let sit for a while and again pump out with a hose on full hitting the surface.

If there is a measureable amount of oil/fuel I first use a small amount of cleaner and water and a wet/dry vac to do the first step and I take the recovered waste to our recycle center..

I regularly add a little Dawn(breaks down small amounts of oil products) to help keep the bilge clean. Dawn is also a very inexpensive deck saop!

Cada
Jubliee

Feb 2, 2009 05:59:04 PM, () wrote:

I’ve been working on Lady Leanne for a few months now since purchase and it is time for me to go bilge diving and clean this area up. I would ask the veterans of this chore what cleaners/tools they would recommend I be armed with to tackle this job.

Needless to say, the water down there is far from clear.

Thanks

Dan Kalinowski
S/V Lady Leanne (#135)
Honolulu

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[Anonymous]

Too funny Adam!

Pete

Adam Silverstein wrote:

A wife, 105-115 lbs and narrow gauge. A diligent child, similar
dimensions also works.

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[joe shimkonis]

I still hate the big long deep bilge and the 1-2 inches of water sitting there.I’m getting closer to sloping the bottom using waterproof cement so the water pooling is on the front end and maybe 2 by 2 ft.

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Joe Shimkonis

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The bilge sump on Easy Reach was full of sludge when we first got her ten years ago–a mixture I suppose of used motor oil, dirt, and what not. It was thick. I made a scoop with a long handle and scraped the sludge out. I would suggesst, however, that a powerful wet/dry vacuuming machine–industrial strength–would be a better choice. If I had to the job again, I would pay a prince’s ransom to rent one.

Norris Larson, #203

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[quent]

A pressure washer, pref. hooked up to hot water helps. For routine maintenance, after the black crud has been dealt with, we have had good luck with Clean Water Solutions microbial power to eat the occasional oil spill that makes its way to the bilge. Got it from Hamilton Marine.
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