Cleaning Carpet - Hoover SteamVac F7412-900 Owner's Manual

Carpet Cleaning
Read "Before you begin cleaning" instructions
on page 13.
I. Fill clean water tank according to instruc-
tions for Figs. 2.B-2.10
2. Fill detergent container with Hoover
Carpet/Upholstery Detergent according to
instructions for Figs. 2.10-2.12
3. Select proper SpinScrub" mode (see pg. 10).
4. Dry hands and plug cord into a properly
grounded outlet.
Do not clean over floor electrical outlets.
5. To avoid walking on damp carpet, start at
the end of the room farthest from the door
or path to sink where tanks will be emptied
and filled.
Step on handle release pedal and lower
handle to operating position.
6. Turn cleaner ON (Fig.3,1]
7. Set Rinse Setting switch to WASH-Rinse
(or Auto-Rinse optional) Turn cleaner ON
{Fig. 3 .4).
8. Squeeze trigger to apply cleaning solution
and slowly push cleaner forward (equals one
wet stroke).
9. Continue to squeeze trigger and slowly
pull cleaner back toward you (second wet
stroke). The cleaner rinses the carpet on the
backward pass (on Auto-Rinse only). Note:
To assure proper rinsing, it is important to
keep the cleaner on the same path backward
as forward.
10.Release trigger and slowly push cleaner
forward over area just sprayed with solution
(dry stroke). Then slowly pull cleaner back
toward you without squeezing trigger [dry
stroke). Continue using dry strokes until
little water is visible passing through the
recovery tank lid.
11. For best results, use straight, paral-
lel strokes as shown in the diagram below.
Overlap strokes by 1 inch to help prevent
streaking (Pass over the same area a mini-
mum of 4 times = 2 wNle squeezing the
trigger and 2 without).
Keep nozzle flat on floor for both forward
and reverse strokes.
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AUTO
12. lfyou would like to rinse the carpet with
water only, set Rinse Setting switch to R1NSE
[Fig. 3.3). Repeat steps 8-10. In this setting,
rinsing will be done on both forward and
reverse strokes.
13. For heavily soiled areas, repeat steps
7-10. Avoid saturating carpet, as noted
below.
Note: To avoid saturating carpet, do not
use more than 4 wet strokes over one area.
Always end with dry strokes.
It is best to alternate wet and dry strokes as
described above.
For best cleaning results and to aid in faster
drying of carpet, end with more dry strokes.
(Continue using dry strokes until little water
is visible passing through the recovery tank
lid.]
14. Empty recovery tank when the motor
sound becomes higher pitched and there is
a loss in suction [see "Automatic shut-off",
Fig. 2.16-2.17).
When finished cleaning, follow "After clean-
ing" instructions on page 16.
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