Picking Up Spills - Hoover Floormate FH40150 series Owner's Manual

Water will drip from the brushes and underside of the product after use and may puddle. To avoid damage
to wood and laminate flooring and to avoid potential slip hazard, after use A) do not leave the product on
wood and laminate surfaces and remove to a hard surface and B) place unit on absorbent material (such
as a towel) to soak up drips.
6.5 Wash Mode - Lowers the SpinScrub™ brushes
to make contact with the floor for scrubbing action.
6.6 Dry Mode - Raises the SpinScrub™ brushes off
of the floor and also stops the spinning of the
brushes.
6.7 To release solution, squeeze trigger (A).
6.8 Slowly move cleaner forward and backward over
area to be cleaned. Squeeze trigger to release
solution as needed.
6.9 Overlap strokes by one inch to help prevent
streaking. The cleaner's suction will pick up the dirty
water throughout cleaning.
6.10 To remove those tough stains, apply extra
cleaning solution by squeezing the trigger (B) as you
normally would and also pressing the Clean Boost™
trigger (C) at the same time.
6.11 To greatly enhance drying of the floor surface,
release trigger. Continue to move cleaner over the
area to pick up the dirty solution.
6.12 Switch to dry mode to pick up any remaining
dirty water.
6.13 To continue cleaning another area, repeat steps
6.8 through 6.11.
NOTE: When cleaning sealed wood floors, make
sure all areas are completely dry. Ensure that no
water remains on the floor.
6.14 Empty dirty water tank when the motor sound
becomes higher in pitch and there is a loss of
suction.

PICKING UP SPILLS

Your cleaner may also be used to pick up small liquid
spills one and a half quarts or less in Dry Mode,
never to exceed 1/4 inch in depth on non-carpeted
floors. Release the trigger and continue to move
cleaner over the area to pick up the spill.
CAUTION
!
Do not use the cleaner to pick up flammable or
combustible liquids or chemicals.
CAUTION
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6.5
6.7
6.10
C
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10
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6.6
6.8
A
B