How To Clean; Recommended Cleaning Sequence; To Clean Floor - Hoover FloorMATE Floor Cleaner Owner's Manual

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
Dry Vacuuming
Wet Cleaning
Wet Pickup
BRUSH CONTROL SWITCH
"Wet/Dry Pickup" (UP)
"Wet Scrub" (DOWN)
"Wet/Dry Pickup" (UP)
WET/DRY PEDAL
Dry Pickup
Wet Pickup/
Scrub
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 detergents 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.
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).