Noodle Springs
Noodle Springs Most trampolines come with padding to protect jumpers from pinching themselves on the springs. However after some time sitting in the sun and rain, no matter how well made the protectors are they will wear out. After the pads have worn out you can buy new ones, or for much less money you can buy pool noodles that have holes in the middle, cut them up and slide them onto the springs. When cutting the length of each spring cover, remember that springs change size when jumping and that you want to cover as much of the spring as possible in all of its sizes. The red here is a better size than the purple one. There are two ways of getting noodles on springs. The better way is to pull the spring off, slide the noodle over and pull the spring back on. If you have particularly tightly strung springs as we did you might find it easier to cut a slit along the noodle and slide it on that way. We made a colour pattern with ours. The outer metal ri...
