Before You Clean; Cleaning Hard Floors - Bissell PowerFresh 1440-J Series User Manual

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perations

Before you clean

Thoroughly sweep or vacuum floor prior to
cleaning with the Powerfresh™ Steam mop.

Cleaning hard floors

your Powerfresh™ Steam mop is designed to
clean hard flooring such as ceramic tile, vinyl, lami-
nate, marble, stone and sealed hard wood floors.
Use of your Powerfresh Steam mop on waxed or
some unwaxed floors may result in a diminished
glossiness. The Powerfresh Steam mop is not for
use on unsealed wood floors. for best results test in
an inconspicuous area and check the care instruc-
tions from your flooring manufacturer.
1. Plug the unit in and wait 30 seconds for it to
heat up. Choose the level of steam to clean
your floor: Low (delicate floors), medium
(regular cleaning), high (durable floors or
sticky messes). Begin cleaning by slowly
passing the unit over the floor surface.
2. To sanitise an area of your floor, (attack
invisible germs and bacteria) place the
Powerfresh Steam mop over the spot for
a minimum 15 seconds using continuous
steam, but no longer than 20 seconds
using continuous steam. for larger areas,
overlap swivel head placement.
3. To thoroughly clean dried-on sticky spots
place the scrubby pad on the steam mop.
Then press and lock the Easy Scrubber brush
into place and slowly move the brush over
the sticky spot to remove.
4. When the Powerfresh™ Steam mop
stops emitting steam, unplug the unit.
Simply remove the water tank, refill,
and continue cleaning.
Carpet Refresher Attachment
This accessory is recommended for the refreshing
of carpets. once the steam mop is cradled in the
carpet refresher attachment, it will easily glide
over the carpet.
NOTE: Always be sure a mop pad is in
place before placing in carpet refresher
attachment. Only white mop pads
should be used with the carpet attach-
ment. Do not use carpet attachment on
spots or stains, or glide it over the same
spot for no longer than 20 seconds.
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WARNING:
Never put descaling, alcoholic,
or detergent products into
the steam cleaner, as this
may damage it or make it
unsafe for use.
WARNING:
Tinted plates on foot may get
hot while steam mop is in use.
Do not touch while hot.
CAUTION:
Exercise extreme care when
using the Steam mop on timber
flooring. Ensure the Steam mop
is thoroughly tested in an incon-
spicuous area prior to mopping
a large floor area. The Steam
mop generates hot steam, so
when depressing the trigger to
apply steam, ensure the Steam
mop is moving continuously.
The trigger does not need to
be depressed at all times.
Prolonged application of steam
in one area increases the risk
of damage to the surface treat-
ment on timber floors. Check
with your timber floor treatment
application specialist prior to
Steam mop operation. Regular
foot traffic and direct sunlight
will wear down timber floor sur-
face treatment making it more
susceptible to extreme care
when using the Steam mop on
timber flooring.