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  • dixxy
    • Apr 2015
    • 136

    • canada

    • 2019 GS22, previous boat 2005 SV211
    #1

    cleaning the bilge

    Well as much as i really don't want to, the season is over for us...:-(....the good side is we had a wonderful summer with the boat, and the last day of last weekend i gave it ALL i had, skied in the morning, wakeboared and surf the afternoon until i could move no more!!!! :-)...i like to go until i am done, not when i'm tired...

    anyhow, last year i had a leaking V-drive, fixed it myself with the good advise and post and pictures that i found here, but neadless to say it made a mess of my bilge, i clean it a lot this spring before the season, but after a weekend or two in the water i noticed that there was still a bit of oil going around, to the point where i thought maybe the v-drive was leaking again....but the dipstick was telling me otherwise and all other oli levels stayed good throughout the season.

    now i need some opinions...i was thinking of porring some engine cleaner/degreaser in the bilge after taking the boat out of the water and let it slish slosh around for the ride back home on sunday, which is about 2 hours and then drain it once home...the product i have (which i used in the spring) is Super Clean (not sure if available in the US), which you can by at Canadian Tire stores. it says it can be used on fibergalss and it is used to degrease engines. Not sure if i should desolve it with water a little to get a little more volume to slish slush around more...

    What do you guys all think about the idea? yeah or neah?

    looking forward to the input.

    love this forum by the way :-)
    Last edited by dixxy; 09-08-2016, 07:12 PM.
    Tags: bilge
  • charlesml3
    1,000 Post Club Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 2453

    • Lake Gaston, NC

    • 2022 G23
    #2
    First of all, there's no "d" in bilge. It's just bilge.

    One of the best ways to clean is just Simple Green. It's an excellent degreaser and it's also inexpensive. You can use it full strength and it won't harm fiberglass or rubber. Spray it or pour it in, scrub, rinse.

    -Charles

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    • Skidave
      Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
      • May 2005
      • 697

      • York, PA

      • 2003 Air 206 Team Sold: 1979 Ski Nautique (Brown!)
      #3
      +1 on the simple green. Also environmentally friendly.

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      • Paxdad
        Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
        • Mar 2013
        • 775

        • Cumming, GA

        • 2008 210 SANTE
        #4
        Originally posted by charlesml3 View Post
        First of all, there's no "d" in bilge. It's just bilge.

        -Charles
        Was that comment really necessary?? If so please go over to the WakeWorld site and support those threads........ The residual of the OP references "bilge".
        2008 210 SANTE

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        • charlesml3
          1,000 Post Club Member
          • Jan 2008
          • 2453

          • Lake Gaston, NC

          • 2022 G23
          #5
          Was that comment really necessary?

          Well I don't know. It's kinda like walking around all day with your fly open. No, it isn't NECESSARY that someone tell you. What would you prefer?

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          • shag
            1,000 Post Club Member
            • Jul 2003
            • 2217

            • Florida

            #6
            Watered down super clean will not do much.... I usually squirt some Dawn soap in there and let it slosh around.... There is something in Dawn that breaks down grease and oil.... we used to carry on the Rescue trucks to neutralize pepper spray...

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            • charlesml3
              1,000 Post Club Member
              • Jan 2008
              • 2453

              • Lake Gaston, NC

              • 2022 G23
              #7
              Originally posted by shag View Post
              There is something in Dawn that breaks down grease and oil.... we used to carry on the Rescue trucks to neutralize pepper spray...
              Dawn is a detergent. By definition, it breaks down grease and oil. But yea, it'll do a great job of cleaning a bilge. Could also use a citrus degreaser. Pretty much anything as long as it doesn't attack rubber and plastic.

              -Charles

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              • Paxdad
                Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                • Mar 2013
                • 775

                • Cumming, GA

                • 2008 210 SANTE
                #8

                Originally posted by charlesml3
                Was that comment really necessary?

                Well I don't know. It's kinda like walking around all day with your fly open. No, it isn't NECESSARY that someone tell you. What would you prefer?
                If you are going to walk around all day will your fly open, then Wakeworld is definitely the forum for you.


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                2008 210 SANTE

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                • homer12
                  Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                  • Feb 2016
                  • 584

                  • Indianapolis, IN

                  • 2004 SV211 TE
                  #9
                  Another vote for simple green. Also, I've tried water and dish soap or whatever else sloshing around and nothing quite does the job like a little scrubbing. I say wet the bilge, spray with full strength simple green, scrub with a longer handled brush to get hard to reach places and then rinse it with the hose and leave it open to dry


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                  • 686
                    • Aug 2016
                    • 12

                    • Central Texas

                    • 2001 SAN
                    #10
                    Someone on this site or another recommended dropping a bar of Lava soap in he bilge. I did that and it worked great. I think simple green is not recommended for Aluminum if I remember

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                    • kend
                      • Oct 2013
                      • 193

                      • DFW, Texas

                      • current 2001 Air Nautique previous 1988 Sanger DX
                      #11
                      I've never done it; but maybe a self serve car wash. you could pressure wash on the soap cycle with the plugs out.
                      Ken
                      2001 DD Air GT40

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                      • Neverenough
                        Senior Member of PLANETNAUTIQUE
                        • Sep 2012
                        • 907

                        • Ft. Worth Texas

                        • G
                        #12
                        My old man always pour a little wisk detergent in there. I go clean up crazy at winterization and use a mild soap and pressure washer. Dawn seems to work best for me.

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