Marking a mooring buoy

[Tintin]

What do people suggest for marking a new mooring buoy with mooribg number and boat name?

I have used black marker pen on my old one but it always fades throughout the season.

 

[prv]

Paint?

Find one with lots of warning labels and that "Very high VOCs, the EU is not amused" logo that usually indicates the good stuff

Pete

 

[cpedw]

I used wheelie bin numbers from Aldi. They lasted through last season; I'll soon find out if they survived the winter. No good for boat name though. And it's one of those occasional items in Aldi. Other suppliers are probably available,
Derek

 

[Dipper]

I use Dulux Weathershield. It stays on my pick-up buoy all summer and on my winter marker can all winter. Just paint staight onto the buoy (suitable cleaned). It dries very quickly. It's water based so if you did need to top it up mid season (shouldn't be necessary) you can clean the brush out in seawater.

I should add that it's the paint for exterior wood.

 

[fisherman]

Creosote. By the time it fades the plastic under it has stained.

 

[Poecheng]

Antifoul !

We bought our boat in August 2013 and before launch at Hamble Point we were given a bit of antifoul to cover the patches etc. I stupidly was wearing a nice casual shirt and got a bit on it. Despite regular wearing and washing since then it is still there!

 

[Tam Lin]

What do people suggest for marking a new mooring buoy with mooribg number and boat name?

I have used black marker pen on my old one but it always fades throughout the season.

This is a good question. In the past I have used stick vinyl letters and black gloss paint. Both almost gone by the end of the season. I have a new buoy and want to mark it with something more permanent.

 

[Trop Cher]

I also use anti foul with success, lasts a couple of years.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I used the vinyl letters sold for not-entirely-legal-any-more trailer number plates, and they have so far survived five years on the Clyde unscathed.

 

[VicS]

+ 1 for gloss paint

 

[FulmarJeddo]

I used Humrol Enamel, the same stuff that we used on Airfix kits. I painted the boat name and number and it was still good when the boat came ashore in November after 2 seasons. I think I bought it in Hobby Craft, no doubt still available from model shops or a ebay.

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

There is (or used to be) a paint that was intended for painting vinyl car seats made IIRC by Humbrol. It is what I used on the buoy when I had a swinging mooring and also on the inflatable tender that I had at that time. Good results (it doesn't peel off) and cheap.

 

[fishermantwo]

I use single pot epoxy gloss paint for use on metal.

 

[Dipper]

Here's a photo I took yesterday of my winter can and buoy which have been in the water 5 months. The photo's not very good quality as it was on 30x zoom and heavily cropped but the paint is still there and clearly readable.

 

[JollyRodgers]

Couldn't you just use a sharpie?