Hoover H3000 Manual - Page 10

Cleaning Sealed Wood Floors Your HOOVER 'FloorMate' Cleaner may be used to clean wood floors that have been sealed with a polyurethane coating and can be cleaned with water. CAUTION: To prevent damage to wood floors, follow the flooring manufacturer's cleaning recommendations. If using cleaner on sealed wood floors, inspect floor surface for worn finish, bare wood or separated joints. Do not use 'FloorMate' Cleaner to wet clean sealed wood floors if any of these conditions exist. 1. Inspect floor surface for worn finish, bare wood or separated joints. Do not use your 'FloorMate' Cleaner to wet clean the floor if any of these conditions exist. 2. Set cleaner for Dry Vacuuming operation and vacuum floor (see chart on Page 9). 3. Empty recovery tank (Figs. 2-16 through 2-20). 4. Fill solution tank with Machine Formula OLD ENGLISH® Wood Floor Cleaning Concentrate and water, according to instructions for Figs. 2-8 through 2-12. Do not use pine or solvent based detergents. Do not put any type of wax in your cleaner. 5. Set cleaner controls for "Wet" Cleaning (see chart page 9). 6. Dry hands and plug cleaner in to a properly grounded outlet. 7. Step on handle release pedal and lower handle to operating position; turn cleaner ON. 8. Push cleaner forward, squeeze trigger while pulling cleaner backward. Release trigger and push cleaner forward. Continue cleaning floor surface while releasing solution on the backward strokes only. This will allow for effective cleaning with small amounts of solution. Overlap strokes by 1 inch to help prevent streaking. 9. To greatly enhance drying of the floor surface, release trigger and move wet control switch to the "WET PICKUP" setting. 10. To continue cleaning, move wet control switch down to "WET Scrub". Repeat steps 7 - 9. Make sure all areas are completely dry. Ensure that no water remains on the floor. NOTE: When switching between wet cleaning and wet pickup, it is not necessary to turn the cleaner off. Simply move the control switch back and forth between the two settings. 11. Empty the 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). Picking Up Spills Your cleaner may also be used to pick up small liquid spills (1 quart or less, never to exceed 1/4 inch in depth) on non-carpeted floors. Set Wet/Dry pedal in the WET Pickup/Scrub position. Set Wet Control switch to the "WET/DRY Pickup" position. Do not use the cleaner to pick up flammable or combustible liquids or chemicals. Do not use the cleaner to pick up detergents that contain pine or solvent based ingredients. 4. Maintenance 4-1 A Cleaning the brushes Turn cleaner OFF and disconnect from electrical outlet. The brush assembly can be removed for easy cleaning. 4-2 B A Push the two brush release buttons (A) at the same time. Tilt cleaner back slightly and remove brush assembly (B). The brushes can be washed with a mild detergent and rinsed. Do not use pine or solvent-based detergents. 10