How To Clean; Recommended Cleaning Sequence; To Clean Floor - Hoover Floormate Manual Del Usuario

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3. How to clean

Recommended Cleaning Sequence

Use your HOOVER 'FloorMate' Cleaner to:
1. Dry Vacuum to remove loose dirt, hair and debris.
2. Wet Clean the floor surface. The brushes will provide light agitation to help
3. Wet Pickup reduces drying time of the floor surface.
Follow the chart to set the controls for each cleaning step.
OPERATION
Dry Vacuuming
See Page 6 Figs. 2-6 and 2-7 for complete instructions on the control switch
To Wet Clean Floor (vinyl,
tile, linoleum, etc.)
1. Set cleaner for Dry Vacuuming
operation and vacuum floor. (See
chart on page 9.)
2. Empty Recovery Tank. (Figs. 2-16
through 2-20).
3. Fill solution tank with cleaning solu-
tion and water, according to instruc-
tions for Figs. 2-8 through 2-12. Do
not use pine or solvent based
cleaning solutions in your cleaner.
Do not use any type of wax in your
cleaner.
4. Set cleaner controls for "Wet
Cleaning" operation. (See chart on
page 9.)
5. Dry hands and plug cleaner into a
power socket.
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loosen dirt.
BRUSH CONTROL SWITCH
"Wet/Dry Pickup" (UP)
Wet Cleaning "Wet Scrub" (DOWN)
Wet Pickup "Wet/Dry Pickup" (UP)
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6. Step on handle release pedal and
lower handle to operating position;
turn cleaner ON.
7. To release solution, squeeze trig-
ger (A). Slowly move cleaner forward
and backward over area to be
cleaned. Squeeze trigger to release
solution as needed.
Overlap strokes by 2.5 cm to help
prevent streaking.
WET/DRY PEDAL
and pedal.
A
Dry Pickup
Wet Pickup/
Scrub
Wet Pickup/
Scrub
The cleaner's suction will pick up the
dirty solution throughout cleaning.
8. To greatly enhance drying of the
floor surface, release trigger and
move wet control switch up to the
"WET/DRY PICKUP" setting. Contin-
ue to move cleaner over the area to
pick up the dirty solution.
9. To continue cleaning another area,
move wet control switch down to
"WET Scrub". Repeat with steps 7-9.
NOTE: When switching between wet
cleaning and wet pickup, it is not nec-
essary to turn the cleaner off. Simply
move the control switch back and
forth between the two settings.
10. Empty recovery tank or clean the
filter when the motor sound becomes
higher in pitch and there is a loss of
suction (see "Automatic Shut-Off",
page 7).
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