This means giving it a thorough clean by brushing and cleaning with a garden hose and using a mild detergent. The BIHA is a great starting point to find out the vital information required in the early days, I now refer to the site and the forum often to keep up to date with news and tips that are always useful.

The cleaner solution should have a few drops of dishwasher, half of the spray bottle with water, and vinegar in equal amounts. I leave the disinfectant for half an hour before I do anything, ideal little break with a cup of tea. They work so well removing anything sticky, If it’s really bad though I’ll wrap a damp tea towel around my broom and give it a going over with that first. At last, you don't have to clean your bounce house completely after each use, this depends on how long it is used a time and how many kids played in it at once.I was often met with a brick wall when I approached what could be seen as rival businesses for help and advice. If you gave the bounce house a “wet cleaning,” use your towels to mop up excessive buildups of water. Its highly concentrated nature ensures that a little goes a long way, offering an economical solution with a maximum dilution ratio of 100:1. As one of the founder members of the BIHA there was a time when industry information was not very easy to get hold of.

The BIHA (including its forum) is the only resource to get tips and share ideas with other bouncy castle hire companies on an organised basis. It's not to say that hosing down the bounce house, this is not necessary and will take you a very long time to fully dry out. The newsletters and blogs are proving very useful because as a novice there is so much to learn and I have enormous respect for the experienced players in this industry. We are all busy people and sometimes, we don’t have the time to be able to give all our inflatables a thorough clean after use.

Sometimes we do see marks that just cannot be removed; Stains from confetti for example (which we do not allow on our bouncy castles) or if someone has gone on with shoes and scuffed it or used a biro pen. I must say your doing a great job by keeping us all informed on the current and past issues of the trade. They draw so much electricity that they would literally melt the cable if not for the fuse which will pop first. It is suitable for cleaning all Bouncy Castle areas, even including plastics, acrylic windows, fibreglass, decals, sealants and much more. Some consumer grade bounce houses may have their own suggested cleaning steps, so this is a good time to read those.