{"id":141,"date":"2019-10-29T16:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2019-10-29T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:48:12","slug":"my-used-hoover-steamvac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"My Used Hoover SteamVac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hoover_Steamvac-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" width=\"191\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hoover_Steamvac-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hoover_Steamvac-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Hoover_Steamvac.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was at Goodwill recently and saw several carpet cleaners that had just arrived. I had my choice between a Dirt Devil and a Hoover. Both were the same price and both looked like they had been used and put away without any sort of cleanup. I decided to get the Hoover because it rolled easier and was a little quieter. I took the Hoover home cleaned it up, and then tested the suction by putting a small amount of water on the floor. It didn&#8217;t seem to suck very well, so I removed the front clear panel and put a bead of silicon along the gasket. This didn&#8217;t make much difference, so I went to YouTube and found that the accessory panel needs to be properly seated to make the suction work. This did the trick and the machine started pulling up liquid. I also found several videos on how to make your own carpet cleaning solution. I experimented with several mixtures before settling on a mix of Oxyclean, Isopropyl Alcohol, and Fabuloso.  The Oxy is a cleaning agent, Alcohol acts as a solvent and drying agent, and Fabuloso is a multi-purpose cleaner that adds a clean smell. I added about 1 ounce of each to a gallon of hot water. I put a stronger mix with a little Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle to use as a spot pre-treatment. My carpets had not been cleaned in a while and the water in the recovery tank was proof of that. I can still see some stains, but it looks much better than before. The Hoover model I got only has a small brush in front which does not move on it&#8217;s own like the Spin Scrub model. I&#8217;m also not sure why they call it a Steam Vac when it doesn&#8217;t heat the mixture or produce any steam. It&#8217;s a pretty basic machine that depends on how hot the water is that you put in the tank. The retail price for a similar machine is about $189. My cost (with senior discount) was $10.48, plus about 8 or 9 bucks worth of cleaning products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at Goodwill recently and saw several carpet cleaners that had just arrived. I had my choice between a Dirt Devil and a Hoover. Both were the same price and both looked like they had been used and put away without any sort of cleanup. I decided to get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.budgethomepage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}