John Downey Steamin Demon Classic User manual

Steamin Demon® Classic
High-Flow Carpet Cleaning System
Operating Manual
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Table of Contents
Section One Page #
I. Pre Extraction
A. Cleaning Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
B. Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
C. Sink Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
D. Unrolling Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
E. Hooking up to the Machine . . . . . . . . . . 3
F. Prespraying and Spotting Carpets . . . . . . . 4
II. Extraction procedure
A. Before you Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. Cleaning Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
C. Hose Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. Unhooking and Cleaning the Machine . . . . . 6
III. Hoses
A. Attaching Extra Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
B. Hose Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
IV. Hand Tool Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section Two: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section Three: Trouble-Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Section One
I. Pre extraction
A. Cleaning the Machine- To ensure
the proper performance of this machine
certain critical areas must be cleaned
daily. These areas being the water filter,
float switch, air filter and the vacuum
shoe (fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 5). If
these areas are not cleaned on a regular
basis you may as well throw the machine
away as it will not perform properly. In-
structions on how to clean these areas
can be found on pages 6 and 7.
B. Chemicals
1. Fill the defoamer bottle, attached to
the machine, about 3/4 full with Steamin
Demon Bubble Blaster Defoamer (fig.6).
2. Fill the Dial a Mixer Sprayer with
Demon Clean Carpet Prespay (fig. 7).
C. Sink Fittings- Each machine comes
with five sink fittings, an extra pump
impeller, a lip hook, a caddie, a spotter,
a quart of prespray, a quart of defoamer,
a 33 foot prespray hose with a Dial-a-
Mix sprayer (fig. 8). The sink fittings
convert the aerator threads on the fau-
cet to garden hose threads.
1. To install sink fittings, use your
hand or a or a pair of pliers to remove
the aerator from the faucet. Avoid
using plastic faucets or spickets. Then
install the corresponding sink fitting
on the faucet (fig. 9).
2. The Standard Sink Fitting (fig. 10)
has both inner and outer threads. It will
fit about ninety percent of all faucets.
3. The Standard Extended Sink Fitting
(fig. 8) has the same male thread as the
Standard Sink Fitting. These threads,
however, are extended above the fitting.
This fitting is used on recessed faucets
commonly found in bathrooms.
Figure 2: Water filters
Water filters
Water filter
swivel nut
Figure 3: Air filter
Air filter
Figure 4: Float switch
Float Switch
Figure 5: Vacuum shoe
Vacuum
Shoe
Side vacuum slots

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4. The 13/16 Male Fitting is the third
most common fitting.
5. The 13/16 Female and 3/4 Female
Sink Fittings are rarely used; but will
fit into some old gooseneck faucets.
6. Permanent Sink Fitting- These are of-
fered as an accessory. They are nice for
facilities that do not want to mess with
installing and removing sink fittings.
They permanently install on the faucets,
and all you need to do to connect to the
faucet is to remove the aerator.
7. For garden hose-type spigots, sink
fittings aren't necessary. The garden
hose swivel nut on the end of the red
pressure hose connects directly to gar-
den hose spigots.
8. If connecting to a water heater, open
water heater valve to drain any debris out
of the bottom of the water heater before
connecting your red pressure hose to it.
D. Unrolling Hoses- Place one arm
through the middle opening of the hoses
(fig. 11) and feed the hose out as you walk
away from the machine toward the sink.
Hint: New hoses take about a week to
break in. If you roll and unroll the hoses
the same way every time they will break
in quicker and be easier to work with.
E. Hooking the Machine to the Sink
1. Tighten the garden hose swivel nut
(fig. 12) to the sink fitting. Turn hot wa-
ter valve all the way open and open the
pressure valve (fig. 12).
2. Open drain valve and place in sink,
toilet, or other drain (fig. 13).
3. Plug electric cord into a grounded
three pin outlet.
Important: The most common mistake
made with this machine is forgetting to
open all the valves. Remember that there
are valves at both ends of each hose
(pressure and drain). If any of the valves
Figure 6: Filling defoamer bottle
Figure 7: Filling prespray bottle
Bubble Buster Defoamer
Demon Clean Prespray
Demon Clean
Prespray
Bubble Buster
Defoamer
Dial-a-Mix
Presprayer
Prespray
Hose
Lip Hook
1-1/16" Socket
Ear Washer
Pump Impellor
Caddie
Spotter (not shown)
13/16 Female
3/4 Female
13/16 Male
Standard
Extended
Standard
Figure 8: Contents of caddie
Aerator
Sink Fitting
Figure 9: Attaching sink fitting to faucet

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are closed, the machine will not work .
F. Prespraying and spotting carpet
1. First unroll the prespray hose. Then
snap the hose quick connect into the
prespray plug (fig. 14).
2. When prespraying carpet, concentrate
prespray on the main traffic areas and
spots. Prespray spots heavily and work
in the chemical by rubbing the spot with
your foot. Rinse the spot thoroughly
(three to four passes) and make a final
dry pass. Once done prespraying, discon-
nect prespray hose from the machine, re-
lease the pressure from the hose with the
dial-a-mix sprayer, and place them in the
caddie (fig. 17). On heavily soiled carpet
it may be necessary to use a carpet rake to
agitate the dirtiest areas of the carpet.
3. With stubborn stains you may need
to boost your detergent. You can do this
with your spotter. Simply spray the stain
with your spotter, work in with your foot
and rinse thoroughly (three to four passes
followed by a final slow dry pass).
II. Extraction Procedures
A. Before You Begin- Before starting
your machine , familiarize yourself with
the control panel (fig 16). This panel
has four switches and an indicator light.
1. Vacuum switch: This toggle switch
turns your vacuum motor on and off. It
should remain ON during the entire ex-
traction process.
2. Defoamer Momentary Toggle
Switch: This switch will be used on
an “as needed” basis during the extrac-
tion process.
3. Jet Spray Switches: For your conve-
nience, there are two jet spray switches.
One is a toggle switch and the other is
a push button switch. Use the switch
Inner Threads
Outer Threads
Figure 10: Inner and outer threads
of Standard Fitting
Washer
Figure 11: Unrolling hoses
Garden Hose
Swivel Nut
Drain Valve
(open)
Sink Fitting
Pressure Valve
(open)
Figure 12: Hoses hooked to sink
Figure 13: Hose valves (open and closed)
Pressure
Valve
(open)
Drain
Valve
(closed)
Drain
Valve
(open)
Pressure
Valve
(closed)