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how to clean
5. How to Clean
Recommended Cleaning Sequence
Use your Vax FloorMate to:
• Dry Vacuum to remove loose dirt, hair and debris.
• Wet Clean the floor surface. The brushes will provide
light agitation to help loosen dirt.
• Wet Pickup reduces drying time of the floor surface.
The Mode selector dial turns the brushes on and off as
described in section 4.
Your Vax 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 the cleaner to wet clean sealed wood floors if any
of these conditions exist.
Set Mode selector dial to DRY VAC position and vacuum
floor.
Turn cleaner off and disconnect from electrical outlet.
Empty recovery tank (see previous section). See “Cleaning
the brushes” for removing and replacing brushes.
Fill solution tank with cleaning solution and water (see
section 4 - “Filling the Solution (Upper) Tank”).
Do not use solvent based cleaning concentrates in your
cleaner. Do not use any type of wax in your cleaner.
Turn Mode selector dial to WASH position.
Dry hands and plug cleaner into a properly earthed outlet.
Step on handle release pedal and lower handle to
operating position. Turn cleaner ON.
To release solution, squeeze trigger (A) as needed
(Fig.5/1) and slowly move cleaner forward and backward
over area to be cleaned.
Overlap strokes by one inch to help prevent streaking. The
cleaner’s suction will pick up the dirty solution throughout
cleaning.
To greatly enhance drying of the floor surface, release
trigger and turn Mode selector dial to the WET PICKUP
position. Continue to move cleaner over the area to pick up
the dirty solution.
To continue cleaning another area, turn Mode selector dial
to WASH position and repeat previous steps.
NOTE: When cleaning sealed wood floors, 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 Mode selector dial between the two
settings.
Empty recovery tank or clean the filter when the motor
sound becomes higher in pitch and there is a loss of
suction (see previous section).
Picking Up Spills
Your cleaner may also be used to pick up small liquid spills
(max 5mm in depth) on non-carpeted floors. Turn Mode
selector dial to the WET PICKUP position and release the
trigger. Continue to move cleaner over the area to pick up
the spill.
IMPORTANT: 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 solvent based ingredients.
Fig.5/1
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