How to clean ski course buoys

[PTM]

Hey All,

Getting to that time  to clean up the course - all my buoys starting, driving and turning are all black from sitting on the water and ideas on cleaning them? I tried bleach and a couple other products and nothing works - am I stuck with dirty balls?

[hethj7]

Magic eraser?  Or Tony’s Topical Toilet Tonic?
 

 

[jjackkrash]

Get new ones at some point.  They also make spray paint that works on rubber.  Our guys do that and it works for a while but at some point you just got to crack open the wallet.  

[Steve B.]

Thank goodness for a post from a buoy turner. Replace them suckers. Ha, they are probably hard too from sun beating. New ones are softer to hit, especially when they are warm. 

[Cole2001]

I’ve had good luck with Spray nine cleaner and a brush

[kstateskier1]

Back in college we would scrub them and then just hit them with fresh spray paint.  Worked like a charm.  

[ahopkins22LSV]

I’d suggest looking into Wally skier buoys. At least for the turn balls and gates. You really don’t even need to inflate them and they only flow 2-4” above the water. Makes for safer turns and they never faded in the five years we used them. We just used whatever for the boat guides.