Cleaning floors
NOTE: Your HOOVER® FloorMate™ SpinScrub™ cleaner may be used to clean wood floors that have been sealed with a polyurethane coating and can be cleaned with water.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to wood floors, follow the flooring manufacturer’s cleaning rec- ommendations.
If using cleaner on sealed wood floors, inspect floor surface for worn finish, bare wood or sepa- rated joints. Do not use FloorMate™ SpinScrub™ cleaner to wet clean sealed wood floors if any of these conditions exist.
1 | Set Mode selector dial to DRY VAC position and vacuum floor. |
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3 | Fill solution tank with Floor to Floor™ Cleaning Concentrate and water (see Figs. 19 | ||
through 25). |
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| Do not use solvent based cleaning concentrates in your cleaner. Do not use any type of | ||
| wax in your cleaner. |
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4 | Turn Mode selector dial to WASH position. |
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Dry hands and plug cleaner into a properly grounded outlet. |
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Step on handle release pedal and lower handle to operating position. Turn cleaner ON. | |||
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7 | To release solution, squeeze trigger (A) (Fig. 33). Slowly | 33 | |
move cleaner forward and backward over area to be cleaned. |
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| Squeeze trigger to release solution as needed. |
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| Overlap strokes by one inch to help prevent streaking. The | A | |
| cleaner’s suction will pick up the dirty solution throughout | ||
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| cleaning. |
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8 | To greatly enhance drying of the floor surface, release trigger |
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and turn Mode selector dial to the WET PICKUP position. Continue to move cleaner over the | |||
| area to pick up the dirty solution. |
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9 | To continue cleaning another area, turn Mode selector dial to WASH position. Repeat steps 7 | ||
through 9. |
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| Note: When cleaning sealed wood floors, make sure all areas are completely dry. Ensure | ||
| that no water remains on the floor. |
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| Note: When switching between wet cleaning and wet pickup, it is not necessary to turn the | ||
| cleaner off. Simply move the Mode selector dial 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 |
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Picking up spills
Your cleaner may also be used to pick up small liquid spills (1 quart or less, never to exceed 1/4 inch in depth) on
Do not use the cleaner to pick up flammable or combustible liquids or chemicals. do not use the cleaner to pick up detergents that contain solvent based ingredients.
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