mjswooper

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  • 5 Jan
  • Joined Dec 15, 2023
  • Cuprajake
    I pulled out the mushroom and it’s peeling chrome pretty decently. Is there an issue here that the brass underneath leeches lead now? Maybe replace it with a stainless steel version?

    • Norvin Holy shit that is a lot of chrome flakes. Did the flaking eventually stop? I guess there wasn’t much left eh?

    • MediumRoastSteam

      This was from the service boiler, via the tap/hot water. Much the same was out the brew boiler/group head as well.

    • DavecUK

      Yep! I ended up running through about double the water through each boiler (took some hours) and the silver flecks have stopped. Will check again tomorrow morning. Googling around has some similar cases, but im still pretty concerned. I had about 5-6x the amount in the photo.

      • Thanks for the super quick replies. Does your answer change if the flecks are coming out from both sides/boilers?

        • DavecUK

          I was thinking the same… should I contact acs support? I have a video if you are curious. My theory is that its from manufacturing and it was settled on the bottom of the boilers, kicked up by the repeated boiler refills. Worst case could be stripping the chrome?

          • Just ran my first descaling with citric acid, 50g per litre (2litres), service and brew boiler. I’m looking at this water and it has a bunch of metallic flecks in it?

            Also for reference, found some sort of grease between the e61 shower seal and head. Was giving a very weird smell, cleaned it and now fine.

            • I have very hard water here in Berlin.

              Are there any machine specific softening solutions anytime would suggest?

              I’ve seen some resin ball packets that sit in the water tank, another that attaches to the water intake pipe.

              Long term I’m starting to consider a filter on the water line, any suggestions? Reverse osmosis send too expensive and buying bottles seems wasteful.

              • I was pretty impressed with the range of colours available, but I was aiming for a white build to match the kitchen. Better in real life actually! The paint/power smooths out the edges, softens the sound a little and it wasnt that much more expensive. The Mara X in white was a huggge jump

              • Once upon a time an Aussie moved to Berlin. Later he realised he really missed sitting in the sun, sipping a very coffee that made everything good…

                My coffee journey started with about 9 years as a barista. Later I would go back to basics with a french press, then a shitty Breville/SAGE, Gaggia Classic pro + Sette 30 and now… Mignon Specialita with ACs Minima.

                I landed on the Minima because @DavecUK work on it and general internet comments on good double boilers. Thought behind it, simplicity, ability to repair and price point; just ticked all my boxes. The Gaggia could barely make two milk coffees, now I’m sipping sunshine.