The sun dries pool floats better than any towel.

The best way to dry a pool float is to let the sun do it, but you have to work with it.

Mold and mildew show up when water gathers in seams and crevices and stays there. So after you rinse the float, shake off the big drops, then wipe it down with an old towel to get the surface mostly dry. Don’t stop there. Lay it out fully inflated in direct sun—not folded, not in the shade. The sun heats the PVC and pushes moisture out. Flip it after fifteen or twenty minutes so the other side gets