How to clean carpets, Machine preparation, Pre-treating (optional) – Bissell POWERSTEAMER PROHEAT PLUS 16981 User Manual

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1. Plan activities to give carpet time to dry.
2. Remove easily moved furniture from the room (chairs,

lamps, coffee tables, etc).

3. Vacuum thoroughly to pick up loose debris and pet hair

before using the POWERSTEAMER

®

PROHEAT

PLUS.

4. Plan your cleaning route to leave an exit path. It is best to

begin cleaning in the corner farthest from your exit.

Machine Preparation

5. Set up the machine following instructions in

The Basics section, pages 5-9.

6. Use Fiber Cleansing Formula

in the SmartMix

®

tank.

7. Choose the SmartMix

®

setting to match the cleaning job.

8. Set the ReadyTools

switch on to either Tools/PreTreat

or Floor Cleaning.

Pre-Treating (Optional)

Improves cleaning effectiveness for heavily soiled carpet
in high traffic areas such as entryways and hallways:

9. Set the SmartMix

®

dial to High Traffic.

10. Set the ReadyTools

switch on PreTreat.

11. Plug into a proper outlet and turn ON both the Power

and the SmartTemp

switches.

12. While pressing the trigger, slowly make several passes

over the area to be cleaned.
Caution: Do not overwet.

13. Turn the machine Power switches OFF and let BISSELL

Fiber Cleansing Formula

dissolve the tough soil for

1-2 minutes before continuing.

Normal Cleaning

14. Plug into a proper outlet and turn the Power and the

SmartTemp

switches ON.

15. While pressing the trigger make one slow forward and

back wet pass. Let the SmartTemp

heated formula and

DirtLifter

®

PowerBrush

®

do the work for you.

Caution: Do not overwet.

16. Release the trigger and make one slow forward and back

pass over the same area to remove any residual dirty water.

How to clean carpets

17. Repeat cleaning passes until solution being

pulled up appears clean.

18. Continue passes without pressing the trigger

until you can’t see any more water being
pulled up.

NOTE: Both the SmartMix

®

and the clean

water tank must have liquid in
them in order for the machine to
spray. If one tank is empty the
machine will not apply either
cleaning solution or water only.

19. After cleaning, you may want to turn the

SmartMix

®

to Water Only to give your

carpeting a final rinse. This will insure
thorough removal of embedded dirt loosened
by the Fiber Cleansing Formula.

20. When the cleaning job is complete refer to

the Maintenance/Putting it Away section
for machine cleanup and storage
instructions, page 14.

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