User guide

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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
clean 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.
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).
Operation
Recommended Cleaning Sequence
To release solution,
squeeze trigger (A)
as needed and slowly
move cleaner forward
and backward over
area to be cleaned.
FIG. 5/1