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rjg2

Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Original Message Feb 24, 2008 9:57 am

Hello all,

I know this is a vac forum but does anyone recommend a good floor steamer? I once borrowed a Eureka 300A upright steamer and enjoyed using it. Thanks for the help!

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retardturtle1

Joined: May 16, 2009
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Re: Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Reply #30 Sep 24, 2009 4:59 pm

vacmanuk wrote:

IN the UK we have Chinese built offerings and they're not very good on carpet. They all claim to shift stains out of carpets using just the microfibre cloth and then forced steam onto a plastic grid / carpet glider. Well, I bought one for my mum for her marble floors and vinyl in other parts of the house. It's brilliant on hard flooring. Useless on carpet though unless you're shifting wax and even then the original line stain can still be seen.

OH,well....I kinda thought it woulda been a good idea to steam the stains first to lossen /absorb up...before you begin shampooing....just a thought.

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vacmanuk

Location: Scotland UK
Joined: May 31, 2009
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Re: Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Reply #31 Sep 25, 2009 7:46 pm

When I've steamed carpets it makes the shag pile very stiff and unworkable. Now if I was to further attach a bristle bar i.e. deep cleaning with suction applied and cleaning solution in theory it would remove the stain BUT I'd also be worried since the carpet fibres were steamed first as to what the machine is actually taking off; if the fibres are stiff there's every danger of the machine removing more of your carpet fibre than the actual stain.

Simonette

Joined: Sep 19, 2009
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Re: Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Reply #32 Sep 28, 2009 5:59 am

I am still researching. Gees. Oreck reviews are starting to appear on the web. Some people love them, while others are extremely disappointed. Three reviews are on Amazon. I did find two others; one believes it's outstanding and the other indicated it was given away. Even the best review points out a problem with the cloth staying on. I'm starting to think I need to spend a lot more to get my wish of dry, streak-free tile with sparkling grout. By the way, I did use my Floormate with plain distilled water. No streaks on the tile.

Simonette

Joined: Sep 19, 2009
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Re: Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Reply #33 Sep 28, 2009 6:05 am

I posted too quickly. I did write to Oreck last week. They indicated the water heats up to 212 and they were unaware of customer reviews.

CarmineD

Joined: Dec 31, 2007
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Re: Looking for a tile floor steam cleaner
Reply #34 Sep 28, 2009 6:57 am

Simonette wrote:

I am still researching. Gees. Oreck reviews are starting to appear on the web. Some people love them, while others are extremely disappointed. Three reviews are on Amazon. I did find two others; one believes it's outstanding and the other indicated it was given away. Even the best review points out a problem with the cloth staying on. I'm starting to think I need to spend a lot more to get my wish of dry, streak-free tile with sparkling grout. By the way, I did use my Floormate with plain distilled water. No streaks on the tile.

I added a water softener to my water system earlier this year and only use warm tap water with my HOOVER Floormate on the ceramic tiles. Pleased with the results.

Carmine D.

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