User guide

Vax Service line: AU: 1300 361 505
NZ: 0800 800 900
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Operation
Use your Vax FloorMate to:
• Dry vacuum to remove loose dirt, hair and debris.
• Wet clean the oor surface. The brushes will provide
light agitation to help loosen dirt.
• Wet pickup reduces drying time of the oor surface.
The Mode selector dial turns the brushes on and o as
described in section 4.
Your Vax cleaner may be used to clean wood oors
that have been sealed with a polyurethane coating and
can be cleaned with water.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to wood oors,
follow the ooring manufacturer’s cleaning
recommendations.
If using cleaner on sealed wood oors, inspect oor
surface for worn nish, bare wood or separated
joints. Do not use the cleaner to wet clean sealed
wood oors if any of these conditions exist.
Set Mode selector dial to DRY VAC position and
vacuum oor.
Turn cleaner o 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 page 6 – “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 oor 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 oors, make sure
all areas are completely dry. Ensure that no water
remains on the oor.
NOTE: When switching between wet cleaning and
wet pickup, it is not necessary to turn the cleaner o.
Simply move the Mode selector dial between the
two settings.
Empty recovery tank or clean the lter when the motor
sound becomes higher in pitch and there is a loss of
suction (see previous pages).
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