We recently got our kids a second hand trampoline, but were disappointed when they jumped on it and started to get static shocks from it. Consequently our son now refuses to jump on what he described as the best present ever when we gave it to him. So my husband did some research on the internet to find a solution.
He found an easy and effective solution was to dilute fabric softener in water to the approximate ratio of one part fabric softener to 10 parts water. Put it in a spray bottle and spray evenly over the trampoline mat. Allow to dry.
This certainly fixed the problem for us, although needs to be reapplied after rain as it washes it away.
From what we've read, this seems to happen with nylon trampoline mats. We were disappointed as we were told it was a good quality, made in the USA mat. We may eventually replace it with a good quality made in Australia mat, and see if that makes a difference.
Until then, we will keep up with the fabric softener solution.
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