Polishing Your Hard Floors - Shark KD450SL Owner's Manual

Using Your Sonic Duo Floor Cleaner - cont.
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IMPORTANT: NEVER add the Wood & Hard Floor
Polish to the Reusable Bottle or run it through the
Shark Sonic Duo Floor Cleaner unit.
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Polishing Your Hard Floors:

1 Vacuum the floor to remove all loose dirt, dust
and grit from the floor surface. For best results,
we recommend that you clean the floor using the
Shark ® Wood & Hard Floor Cleaner first and allow
time to dry before polishing.
2
Attach the Hard Floor Polishing Pad to the bottom of
the Shark Sonic Duo Floor Cleaner. This pad
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has an "Orange" trim and the "Orange" tag says
"Hard Floor Polishing Pad". (Fig. 30)
3
Lightly step on the back of the scrubbing head to
release the handle.
WARNING: Never stand on the Shark ® Sonic Duo
Floor Cleaner.
4
Carefully, squirt a liberal amount of the Floor Polish
onto an area of the floor to be polished and place the
polishing pad over it before you start the unit. Make
sure that the polishing pad is saturated and then
squirt the polish in 12x12cm sections. (Fig. 31)
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Turn the On/Off button to "On (I Low)" setting.
Always squirt the floor polish from a height of 15cm
above the floor to avoid splashing the polish over the
floor. One bottle is enough to cover 40m . (Fig. 32)
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NOTE: The 500ml polish bottle is enough to cover
24m 2 .
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Use the Shark Sonic Duo Floor Cleaner to
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spread the polish evenly over the floor. Do not go
over an applied area too frequently. Always leave
an area looking wet. If a section begins to look dry
while polishing, add more Wood & Hard Floor Polish
to the area. Repeat until the whole area has been
polished.
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When going from section to section, do not lift the
Shark Sonic Duo Floor Cleaner to move it,
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always slide it to the next section. No rinsing is
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required.
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Allow the Wood & Hard Floor Polish to dry for at
least 1 hour in light traffic areas and a complete 24
hours for the polish to cure before returning to heavy
traffic areas.
9 When finished, turn the unit off and slide and lift the
Shark ® Sonic Duo ™ Floor Cleaner to remove it
from the area that was just polished. Lay the Shark
Sonic Duo ™ Floor Cleaner on its side and remove
the Hard Floor Polishing Pad by hand. (Fig. 33)
NOTE: Depending on the amount of traffic your
floors sustain, Shark
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2 months. Touch up high traffic areas as needed
in-between full floor polishes.
IMPORTANT: Do not use on unsealed wood or
unglazed ceramic floors. Do not use on wood or
tile floors that are highly worn, unfinished or have
a wax or oil finish. Surfaces that have been treated
with wax or some no wax floors may be damaged by
the cleaning and polishing solutions therefore it is
always recommended to test an isolated area of the
surface to be cleaned or polished before proceeding.
You should check the use and care instructions from
the floor manufacturer before cleaning or polishing.
IMPORTANT: Do not use more than one brand of
floor polish to polish one room. Use only Shark
Wood & Hard Floor Polish.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Polishing has left my floors streaky or spotty.
A. You should go over the streaky or spotty area with
more polish. Always leave the area looking very
wet, never dry.
Q. There is a footprint, smudge or uneven spot after or
during polishing.
A. You should add more polish to any problem areas
during polishing. Always leave the area looking
very wet, never dry.
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Q. I accidentally ran the Shark ® Wood & Hard Floor Polish
through the Shark Sonic Duo
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now it is not working properly.
A. Shark Wood & Hard Floor Polish should always
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be squirted directly onto the floor . If it was
run through the unit, you need to flush it out
immediately. Fill the Reusable Bottle with warm
water and spray it through the system to flush
it. Then turn and remove the tip of the nozzle to
clean it. (Fig. 34)
Floor Cleaner and
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