I know I¹m sounding like a broken record, but you can¹t see the stuff in my last photo unless you destroy the screen. It¹s in there. Keep up the good work on cleaning, and you¹ll slow it down at least. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
From: Ray Sachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:31:53 -0400 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Cleaning frenzy 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
