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Cleaning With Your Mighty Pro X3® Machine And Products
Read all instructions completely before you begin. To ensure satisfactory results, test carpets and upholstery for colourfastness. Wet
an inconspicuous area with a small amount of cleaning solution. After 1–2 minutes, blot with a white paper towel and check for colour
transfer. Follow these additional guidelines when cleaning with your Rug Doctor machine:
• Rug Doctor machines and Rug Doctor cleaning products are safe for most carpets. However, you risk damage to carpets and hard
floor surfaces not intended for a water extraction method of cleaning. Do not use the Mighty Pro X3® or cleaning products on
natural fibre oriental rugs (silk or wool), hand-loomed wool rugs, braided rugs, sisal or jute carpets; hardwood or laminate
flooring. Some stains require professional treatment. Use luke warm water when cleaning wool, wool blends or delicate fibres.
• Rug Doctor machines and Rug Doctor Pro cleaning products are safe for many fabrics, even delicate fibres. However, you risk
damage to fabrics not intended for a water extraction method of cleaning. Do not use the Mighty Pro X3® or products to clean
fabrics with cleaning codes S or X, silk, Haitian cotton, velour, brushed corduroy, leather or noncolourfast fabrics, mattresses
or mattress toppers made with memory foam, foam or goose down. Some stains like chewing gum will require professional
treatment. Use luke warm water when cleaning wool, wool blends or delicate fibres.
• The Mighty Pro X3® was designed for use on carpet and upholstery applications in accordance with the instructions and
recommendations in this manual.
• Do NOT put bleach, dye or products other than Rug Doctor cleaners in this machine. Use of inappropriate products may cause this
machine to malfunction and may result in carpet or machine damage.
• Always use Rug Doctor Professional Oxy Fabric & Upholstery when cleaning fabrics and upholstery. Foam should never be allowed
to build up in the recovery tank and then be sucked up through the dome filter into the machine. Damage to the carpet and/or
vacuum motor could result.
• To reduce the risk of Fire and Electric shock due to internal component damage, use only Rug Doctor® cleaning products intended
for use with this appliance. See the Cleaning Product section of this manual.
• Avoid picking up hard or sharp objects with the Mighty Pro X3®. They may damage the machine. Do not use the machine for dry
vacuuming because this machine does not have a fine dust filter. Dry vacuuming damages the vacuum motor.
• Do not use the Mighty Pro X3® to vacuum large quantities of liquid, such as a flooded basement or large spill. This machine is not
equipped with an automatic overflow shutoff.
• To avoid damage, do not place the Mighty Pro X3® or hand tool on hardwood or laminate flooring or allow any solution or overspray
to contact such flooring.
• To avoid pump damage, do not continue to press the spray (pump) button when the solution tank is empty.
Read instructions carefully. Rug Doctor is not responsible for damage due to misuse of this machine.
Carpet Cleaning Tips For Best Results
• Treating difficult spots. Some stains are impossible to remove due to their age and type of stain. Rug Doctor machines are
designed to deep clean and extract in one cleaning pass. Your best choice or cleaning difficult spots, stains or traffic areas is to use
Rug Doctor’s specially formulated products: Rug Doctor Pro Odour Remover, Rug Doctor Pro Urine Eliminator, Rug Doctor Pro
Traffic Lane Cleaner, Rug Doctor Pro Spot & Stain Remover, Rug Doctor Pro Oxy Stain Remover & Rug Doctor Pro Oxy Fabric &
Upholstery Cleaner.
• Avoid over-wetting your carpet. Don’t go over a heavily-soiled spot more than 2 times. Berber, Multi-Level or Looped carpets retain
more liquid. For these types of carpets, DO NOT repeat cleaning passes. If additional cleaning is desired, allow carpets to dry before
attempting to reclean heavily-soiled areas. Because they retain more liquid, Berber carpets that are overwet can experience “wick
up” of soils or spills very deeply embedded in the carpet or backing. If you experience this problem, allow area to dry completely then
clean again using single, quick passes (1-2 feet per second).
• Cleaning Berber carpet; You can use your Mighty Pro X3® to clean Berber carpet. For best results, make only one pass while
depressing the thumb switch to release solution. Make a second pass over the same area without pressing the spray switch so that
you are only vacuuming the liquid. Make sure the vacuum slot at the front bottom edge of the machine is snug against the carpet.
• Overlap passes slightly to cover all areas. IMPORTANT: When pressing the red button, keep machine moving so vibrating brush
does not agitate in one place.
• Liquid recovery. You should recover 70 - 80% of the liquid used depending on your carpet type. With Berber carpet, you may recover a
little less liquid.
• Avoid excess foam in the recovery tank which can be expelled through the machine and may affect your carpet.
• If you replace furniture before the carpet is completely dry, place aluminium foil under furniture legs to prevent wood dye or rust
stains. Leave aluminium foil under furniture legs until carpet is completely dry.
• For faster drying, ventilate area. Open doors and windows. Place fans pointing downwards onto the carpet. Turn on heat in damp or
cold weather. Turn on air conditioner in humid or hot weather. This is highly recommended when cleaning Berber carpets.
Before You Begin
Review machine safety warnings found in the front
of this manual. Using a normal vacuum cleaner,
vacuum the area you want to clean to remove loose
dirt before using the Mighty Pro X3®. This will help
keep the brushes and water vacuum system working
efficiently. Pre-treat any special problem areas with
appropriate Rug Doctor solutions. For example, use
Urine Eliminator on tough pet stains and other bio-
origin stains.
Set Up
Check the back of the machine to ensure hose
connections are secure (ILLUS.1) and set the switch
to CARPET instead of TOOL.
Release recovery tank latch and lift up dome hood
cover (ILLUS.2).
Remove the recovery tank (ILLUS.3).
Depending on how dirty your carpets are, add a
third of a coffee mug (110ml) of Rug Doctor Pro
Carpet Detergent directly into the lower blue tank, by
pouring through the white filter screen (ILLUS.4).
The lower tank recommended fill capacity from
empty is approximately 11 litres. Fill the lower blue
tank with hot water from a clean bucket by pouring it
through the white filter screen. Machine is full when
the hot water covers halfway up the filter screen
(ILLUS.5).
Use caution to ensure water is not so hot as to
scald or burn skin. Use only luke warm water when
cleaning wool carpets.
Replace the recovery tank and close dome hood
(ILLUS.2).
Unwind the power cable and plug in the machine
to the mains. Move furniture as necessary and
then position the machine at the start of your first
cleaning pass. Ensure that the mode switch on top of
the machine is turned to “CARPET” (ILLUS.6).
Start Cleaning
Press down the “Vacuum On” switch to start the
Mighty Pro X3®. While depressing red spray button
on the top of the handle (ILLUS.7), pull the machine
slowly and steadily backwards in a straight line,
keeping the vacuum slot against the carpet surface.
On lightly soiled carpets you can pull the machine
quickly at one foot per second. For moderately,
or heavily soiled carpets, pull the machine at
approximately one foot every two seconds. You will
begin to see soiled solution entering the clear dome.
(If you don’t, stop and refer to the Troubleshooting
section).
IMPORTANT: When depressing red spray button,
keep machine moving backwards so the vibrating
brush does not agitate in one place (ILLUS.8).
Release the red button 15cm to 30cm (6 to 12 inches)
before ending each pass to stop cleaning solution and
ensure vacuum picks up the last part of the spray
action. Tilt machine back and push it forward to start
a new backward cleaning pass (ILLUS.9).
Continue cleaning in this manner, overlapping
each pass slightly. When the lower tank runs out of
cleaning solution, the pump sound will increase in
volume slightly and dirty water will stop entering
the dome. Switch the machine to the OFF position.
Remove and empty the recovery tank by pouring the
dirty solution into a toilet or outdoor drain (ILLUS.10).
Rinse the recovery tank and refill the lower tank with
clean solution/water mixture using a clean bucket.
If you are near the end of your cleaning job, fill the
lower tank half full so it empties by the end of your
job. Replace the recovery tank.
Continue the cleaning process until area to be
cleaned is covered. When cleaning is complete,
switch the machine to the OFF position. To drain and
clean the machine, please refer to the Maintaining
your rug doctor machine section in this User Guide.
To learn more about how to clean your carpets, refer to “Using Your Rug Doctor” section on www.rugdoctor.co.uk
Cleaning Carpets
(ILLUS.1)
(ILLUS.6)
(ILLUS.7)
(ILLUS.8)
(ILLUS.9)
(ILLUS.10)
(ILLUS.2)
(ILLUS.3)
(ILLUS.4)
(ILLUS.5)
press for spray
reset button
on / off switch
and tool / carpet
cleaning switch
recovery tank
latch & dome
hood
recovery tank
handle release
dome filter
lower tank
vacuum slot
(bottom edge of
machine)