{"id":20062,"date":"2026-01-23T10:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=20062"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:23:47","slug":"hoover-cleanslate-not-spraying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/23\/hoover-cleanslate-not-spraying\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoover CleanSlate: Not Spraying?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hoover CleanSlate sprayer being primed after it’d dried out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We have a Hoover CleanSlate<\/a> portable vacuum thing and it’s incredibly useful for cleaning up small spills \/ stains \/ cat vomit \/ etc. This morning when I wanted to use it the sprayer was no longer working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had worked last time, and I’m judicious about letting it dry out between uses (because I don’t like mold), and it turned out this dried out the pump which in turn meant it needed some time to self-prime before it’d spray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution was simple: put a releasable cable tie around the sprayer handle, put that in the laundry tub, and let the unit run for a few minutes. After this it was spraying fine and all was good. (Yes, you could hold down the trigger, but I’m lazy. And I wanted to make a cup of tea.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(This is part of my neo-Luddite series where I document things in writing. Because I find a watching a multi-minute YouTube video to access info that can be acquired via a few paragraphs of text to be maddening.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have a Hoover CleanSlate portable vacuum thing and it’s incredibly useful for cleaning up small spills \/ stains \/ cat vomit \/ etc. This…<\/p>\n

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