Paul,
I dont think that the hot water is likely to be a problem, I have cleaned wool carpets this way many a time however if your totally unsure use a cooler water solution and keep rasing the temp each time you clean etc etc if no ill effects occur and your happy the water is cleaning at a temp good enough.
I take no responsibilty over any suggestions made here though,
The hot water is more for those traffic areas to remove the grease that sets the dirt in.
You have the model under mine which has the pre mixed water and soap tank,
The grey plastic screw cap that seals the Vax clean water supply tank can be used as a detergent measring cup, the instruction book does say 3 cups of AAA but 2 cups of RD works best IMHO.
I assume you are talking about a plain coloured carpet though and not a patterned one?
Obvioulsy Im sure you know that hot water washing a patterned carpet is like putting that yellow duster in with the whites,
Another tip I find is also to plug your ears with an MP3 player when using the Vax for a while, you end up with ears ringing for days if you dont - its worth the embarressment I had I can tell you.
Week before last I offered my services of a Vax and myself to a friends who needed their 3 storey house Vaxing. Took my MP3 player to drown out the noise. Completely forgot that I had it on full volume to drown out the Vax and stopped the machine to re fill and empty.
Didnt realise that one of the guys had come upstairs to see if I wanted a coffee and enquired as to what Bananarama song I was listening to?
Caught me totally unawares even though he was just amusingly taking the mick I muttered something about having a totally stereotypical gay taste in music and had he of been 10 minutes earlier he may of been treated to some Pet Shop Boys.
Apparently my face was scarlet red with embarressment.
LOL!
Matthew
You do have a slightly earlier Contour, possibly made in 1991/1992 that you didnt buy until 1993. Yours will have a grey elbow where the hose enters the machine instead of the clear one fitted to aid blockage removal on the ESP's.
I forgot there was 2 Contours in blue from the first run of them.
One lot had variable power sliders like yours and one lot had a button that boosted the power for 10 seconds for dirty areas,
My Mum decided to replace our 1988 Hoover Turbomaster U5096 around 1993 and went to look at the ELectrolux Contours after a few neighbours had one coupled with my constant chatting about so and so's Contour and how it worked etc etc.
Electrolux also ran a good TV advert campaign to sell these cleaners. I remember her coming home from Manweb and telling me that she had tried a COntour in the shop and didnt like it as to use it at full power you had to keep bending down to press the boost button in every 10 seconds.
She held out with the Hoover until 1994 (there was nothing wrong with it though) when they went and bought a Dyson DC01 after watching James Dyson show his wares in a documentary on BB2.
That Dyson was nothing but trouble - the times we gave up on it and went back to the Turbomaster as a daily driver.
However the Hoover was disposed of in 1996 fully working.
Something I rue as the U5096 is highly rare and most of them sell on ebay for £200 or more.
Oh well im sure il own one someday.
Mike has one in his collection, cracking cleaner,
might as well drop a pic of me using it in....
