[Rhodes22-list] Gasoline spill under the floor

[brad haslett]

Barry,

I called a friend of mine who is a chemical salesman
that specialized in polymers for waste treatment
plants.  He also sells a product in bulk to companies
that operate seagoing vessels for bilge cleaning.  All
kinds of nasty stuff, like gasoline on gasoline
barges, gets dumped into the bilge.  Please don't ask
me to explain the chemistry involved (would someone
please get Roger back) but the stuff works.  You can
buy small quantities from West Marine, etc.

Not to understate the potential hazards of your
prediciment, gas vapor is lethal, and that is why all
gasoline powered inboard boats must have bilge blowers
installed.  But, all gasoline powered boats do get gas
spilled in the bilges sooner or later.  There are tons
of products out there. Here's one:

http://www.wsbiosolve.com/marine.htm

Brad

--- b.ivers at att.net wrote:
>    After a sail on Pyramid Lake. (60 mi. N. of Reno)
> I was cleaning and detailing our 76 model R-22. It
> was the end of a perfact day. After flushing the
> Yamaha 9.9 I decided to disconnect the fuel line,
> when the phone rang. The call generated a couple
> more calls and I dropped the disconnected fuel line
> in the deep opening at the aft end of the cockpit. I
> did not know the connector had a bad o-ring.
> Overnight it siphoned 4 gallons of gas under the
> cabin floor.
>    Up to now what I have done is wash with a
> fiberglass friendly degresser and 20 gal of water
> and go for a drive to slosh the liquid around. Then
> using a syarange to evacuate all the liquid and
> clean it up as best I could. I have done this twice
> with very good results. BUT there is still a slight
> smell that is not plessant.
>    I am looking for remedy for aftersmell. Ther is
> no more fire danger so I might use a small 6" fan
> and draw air out of underspace via the 5" inspection
>  hole in the center of the cabin. Any other ideas. I
> cannot wait for all the match jokes, flamming r-22
> jokes and usual jabs and pokes. Hit me Rummy I
> deserve it.  Barry
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