Damn typos. Should have read, "one of them has NOW moved from my bike toolkit into my coffee tool jar." -Ray
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Ray Sachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the tips. I had the perfect tool for the job. I'm an avid > cyclist and the old-fashioned metal tire levers (for removing a tire to > change a flat) has a perfect rounded end at a great angle from the rest of > the lever. They actually suck for changing tires because they can scratch up > the rim, but are perfect for this, so one of them has not moved from my bike > toolkit into my coffee tool jar. > It took me a couple of tries because I went at it from the outer edge of > the gasket - I'll have to try prying from the inner edge against the screen > next time. Came out pretty easily. The real surprise is that I didn't need > to do it yet. It was perfectly clean in there after more than two months of > several shots per day, with just the tiniest amount of coffee residue along > the inside of the metal rim of the screen holder. But nothing between the > screen and the holder at all. I'm soaking it in cafiza since I went to the > trouble to remove it, but next time I think I'll likely wait six months or > so. I guess the combination of a portafilter wiggle and a backflush before I > turn the machine off each day keeps things pretty neat. And an occasional > backflush with cafiza every few weeks or so. When I used to take the screen > off of my Siliva, it would get really gross in there, but this was nearly > immaculately clean. > > Anyway, thanks again everyone. > > -Ray > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
