OH!!! Sh******t

[catmandoo]

Holding tank overflowed and contents spiled into bilge . Whats the best way of cleaning and afterwards getting rid of smell.. Already washed out with sea water etc .. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Kilter]

Ugh! Bleach and plenty of it I should think!

 

[oldsaltoz]

After cleaning up the mess try a little Aerogard insect replant on any fabric items. works well with cat pee, not sure how it will go with poo.

 

[exfinnsailor]

<span style="color:red">THIS</span> Guy has found an unusual way of dealing with it .. On the other hand if thats to drastic .. Oxi Cleaning Chemicals seem to get a good write up .. Anyway should the overflow from the tank go into the bildges .. Its going to stink all the while .. Our overflow exits above the water line ..

 

[LadyInBed]

Scrub Bilge with Aquakem chemical toilets fluid and leave for a week or so

 

[catmandoo]

Over flow is vent to outside but have carbon filter in line . Cap not screwed down tighly so going to remove completely ar replace with direct hose to out side

 

[Cliveshep]

Flood the bilge with a strong disinfectant/water mix, rock the boat to stir up and suck out with a pump-out hose. When I bought my old girl (the boat I mean) she had bilges full of sewage for some reason I never did find out as the vent is overside, that is how the yard dealt with it.

 

[l'escargot]

"Simple Solution" from a pet shop - especially for urine and faeces, works on human waste as well as animal waste.

 

[philip_stevens]

Wash it out with a mixture of sea water and Bilgex. We used to use it to clean the decks and bilges of a "pleasure" boat tripping along the north Cornish coast after passengers chundered.

Next trip smelled sweetly - until we got back to harbour!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Dave_Seager]

Aquakem will probably dye your bilges blue as well!
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[Chrissie]

dont put bleach anywhere near grp, disinfectant would be good though,

 

[Kilter]

does bleach do terrible things to grp then?

 

[Chrissie]

the high pH and cholrine will attack polyester fibres, the resins in fibreglass boats may contain polyester resins and long exposure should be avoided, bleach hardens the rubber seals in the heads so shouldnt be used there either,