Shampooing carpet and rugs, Quick pickups

To achieve a high luster finish

1 . Attach felt buffing pads over power s c rub and cleaning brushes using fas- teners. Polish to a soft shine by guiding floor machine in straight lines or with the grain of the wood. If more shine is

d e s i red proceed to step 2.

2 . Remove felt buffing pads and attach high luster polishing pads. Once again, guide the handle in straight lines or with the grain of the wood to achieve a high luster finish.

Shampooing carpet and rugs

For best results use HOOVER rug and carpet shampoo. A carpet sham- poo designed specifically for rotary and foam type carpet shampooers can also be used.

Use shampoo only in concentration as recommended on container.

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Use only shampoo brushes for carpet and rugs.

To keep floors bright and shiny

Buff floor often to restore sheen and remove scratches and marks. This lengthens the time between waxings. Before buffing, use a vacuum cleaner to remove dust and dirt and a damp cloth to remove sticky particles. Stubborn spots, such as black heel marks, can be removed by rubbing gently with very fine steel wool dampened with wax.

If traffic areas need to be rewaxed and polished, and a solvent-base wax has been used on the floor, apply wax only to these areas then buff the entire floor.

Shampoo in dry weather or when your home is heated to insure fast drying of carpet.

Wool, wool blends and synthetic fiber can be shampooed successfully. Cotton fibers are non-resilient, “matt” easily, absorb large quantities of water, and dry very slowly. Because of these char- acteristics, it is not recommended that you shampoo cotton rugs or carpet with your floor machine.

Before you begin

1. Test for colorfastness

Apply some HOOVER Rug and Carpet Shampoo solution (shampoo mixed with water according to directions on the shampoo container) or dry foam to a small inconspicuous area of the carpet and rub with a white cloth. Check to see that color does not come off on the cloth and that the color of the carpet is satisfactory after the area dries.

Quick pickups

Liquids spilled on hard surface floors, such as water, or soft drinks, can be picked up with your shampoo-polisher. Before plugging unit into electrical out- let, attach power scrub and cleaning brushes. Put a small amount of water into the tank. Move control button to the “WET PICKUP” position to remove liquid from floor. Rinse floor by moving control button to the “SCRUB-POLISH-SHAM- POO” position, and squeeze trigger to dispense clear water. Use “WET PICK- UP” to remove rinse water.

2.Check effect of shampoo brushes

Attach rug shampoo accessory and shampoo brushes (as shown in Fig.2-14 and 2-15). Prepare a small amount of shampoo solution in the tank following directions on the shampoo container. Attach tank and guide the floor machine over a small area of the rug. After sham- pooing this area, brush the pile of the rug in one direction and let dry. Examine rug for change in texture. Some rugs with loop or twist pile show a change of texture when any cleaning appliance is used. If this change is not too great, it will not be apparent after the entire rug has been shampooed. The floor machine, used according to directions, will leave rugs clean and bright with a minimum of texture change.

If these two tests have proven success- ful, proceed with the following steps.

3. Move furniture

Place plastic or aluminum foil pads under legs of furniture too heavy to move, so metal slides or wood finishes will not stain carpet. If furniture is moved back onto damp carpet, place pads under legs to avoid marks and rust stains.

4. Vacuum thoroughly

Vacuum carpet to remove dust, sand, and lint. The quality of the shampooing job depends, to a great extent, on how thor- oughly the dirt is removed before sham- pooing.

Using the floor machine

Disconnect floor machine from electri- cal outlet.

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1.Attach rug shampoo accessory

With floor machine upside down on a flat surface, make sure the foam generator

(C)is screwed on tightly (see Maintenance Section for care of foam generator).

To convert the unit for shampooing, fit notch (D) on rug shampoo accessory onto wheel axle of unit. Snap into place. Press sides and front of accessory into place, completely covering bottom of floor machine.