Hoover Hard Floor Cleaner owner manual How to clean, Recommended Cleaning Sequence

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 loosen dirt.

3.Wet Pickup reduces drying time of the floor surface.

Follow the chart to set the controls for each cleaning step.

OPERATION	BRUSH CONTROL SWITCH	WET/DRY PEDAL
Dry Vacuuming	“Wet/Dry Pickup” (UP)	Dry Pickup
Wet Cleaning	“Wet Scrub” (DOWN)	Wet Pickup/
		Scrub
Wet Pickup	“Wet/Dry Pickup” (UP)	Wet Pickup/
		Scrub

See Page 6 Figs. 2-6 and 2-7 for complete instructions on the control switch

and pedal.

To 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 Machine For- mula LYSOL® Floor Cleaning Con- centrate and water, according to instructions for Figs. 2-8 through 2-

12.Do not use pine or solvent based cleaning concentrates 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 properly grounded outlet.

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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 one inch to help prevent streaking.

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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