Bilge cleaners and ski mirrors

[Homerr]

I finally used my first bottle of Bilge Cleaner. This stuff smells awfully close to the Wife's dish soap!<br /><br />Is there a connection here? <br /><br />Can I just use a good 'ol fashioned bottle of Dawn for $2.99 or just keep paying the $8.00 for 'Bilge Cleaner' ?<br /><br />I'm also looking for a ski mirror. Strangely enough, my local shops don't have any. Even if they did, I'm sure the prices would be summer inflated.<br /><br />I've found plenty on the internet, but which one should I get? It needs to fit my rounded windshield (1.050")<br /><br />I really like the CIPA Comp mirror. I found it for $50.99. Has anyone used these? How are they?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />H.

 

[Fishbusters]

Re: Bilge cleaners and ski mirrors

Read somewhere I think it was in Field and Stream that a way to save money and clean your bilge w/o working hard is to purpously leave/get water in it before you leave the boat ramp add dish soap and drive home. The dish soap cuts grease and such, the drive gives it a sloshing washing action and when you get home all you do is pull the plug and rinse. Not 100% sure if it works or not but i have used dish soap to clean all sorts of things that expensive cleaners are recomended for so I bet it will work just fine.

 

[Homerr]

Re: Bilge cleaners and ski mirrors

That's what I think it is, or close to it.<br /><br />The stuff I usually get is called 'Automatic bilge cleaner'...You dump it in, and let the boat's action do the rest.<br /><br />It smells just like dish soap.<br /><br />H.