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Kathy Beck wrote at 2010-09-21 13:38:02
This also happened to us. We loaned it to a friend and it turned out to be a rainy weekend! They claim they never took it out of the giant rubbermaid container it was stored in but. We took it out of the container a few mos. later and it was covered in black mold. I was SOOO mad!!! Hubby wanted to throw it in the dumpster. We got out the powerwasher (even though it IS NOT a water unit/bouncy). This was the ONLY WAY to try & salvage the bouncy. We added clorox, & lysol, & febeeeze to the powerwasher. He did this while I scrubbed and scrubbed with brushes in the sun inside & out and even up on a ladder. It is ALMOST like new but I willnever loan it to a friend again and make sure its never put away wet. This sucked! Still usable & rent-worthy.


bouncingAgain wrote at 2011-06-30 18:02:10
Laundry bleach clorine worked a little bit but not good enough so I then tried some liquid pool clorine as I also have a pool. It wiped away the mold instantly like magic. It did not harm the color at all. In fact it is as bright as new now. I would recommend rubber gloves and googles though. That is strong stuff!


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