When I re-did my bilge this year, I took all the wires and plugs that were laying low in the bilge and ran them into a box mounted higher up. Worked perfectly and keeps all pump connections out of the wet area. The Mrs. even bedazzled the box with a Z9 logo using her Cricut machine (have since changed the logo to white).
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What did you coat the bilge with?
2003 Ranger 520VX
2007 225 Mercury Optimax
Lowrance 2-HDS-12's Touch Gen 2
Lowrance 1-HDS-7 Touch Gen 2
Now that pretty clean.....
YOU are not entitled to what I have earned!!!!!
2014 Phoenix 619 Pro / 2014 Mercury 200 Pro XS
Great improvement.
It's called Bilgekote by Interlux (in gray obviously).Originally Posted by ACRon
You did an excellent job
2018 BASSCAT COUGAR FTD
MERCURY 250 PRO XS 2B524980
Great work !!!
BULLET 20 XRD/250 Merc Sport XS
www.ncboatguy.com
Night and day difference. That looks like some hard work.
2015 Xpress X19/ Yamaha VMAX 175 SHO
Man that's awesome!!!!
Great job! Boat manufacturers should take lessons from you!
looks great. been wanting to do that same thing to mine just haven't got that far with it yet
Looks great!
Cheese County Bass Club
That bilge looks terriffic! That is a great transformation . As nice and neat as the wire management looks, I would be concerned that the wire loom will hold water and could eventually cause problems if they don't drain well. I use this for some of my bilge wiring, (which doesn't look nearly as neat and organized as yours). It dries pretty well. https://www.amazon.com/Feet-Protecto...s%2C137&sr=8-3
Last edited by Fishndav; 12-08-2019 at 03:01 PM.
BCB Puma STS
Merc 250
Looks good, what do all the pumps do?
Great job, Looks good.
I know right?! So many of them! Actually, 2 livewell fills, 2 recirculation pumps, 2 pump outs, 1 bilge pump! These bass tubs are crazy!
Brian that looks great! I see they have gray or white available. In regards to coverage, did you get a quart or gallon to do the area shown? Did you use the fiberglass prep coating 1st?
https://interlux.com/en/us/boat-pain...nish/bilgekote
I cleaned the bilge in my Ranger up years ago but a lighter coating in there instead of the black pultrusion would be nice.
mike: I used the quart size and it covered my entire bilge (more than what you can see in the pictures). I actually did the entire bilge, and the two side storage box areas. I painted the floors and all walls in all of the areas I mentioned and still had some left over in the can. That stuff is super sticky and covers in one coat. Go easy, if you put it on too thick it doesn't dry very well. A light coat is all you need and it dries hard as a rock! It reminds me of a candy like coating, but really tough. I used a brush and foam roller. Good luck. Hope yours turns out well.
Edit: no I did not use any of the prep you asked about, just cleaned the areas really good.
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