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Clean the group with the blind filter and detergent: Vibiemme Domobar Single Boiler
Before you start
- Tools
- supplied blind filter, supplied group brush
- Supplies
- coffee-machine detergent (quantity per the detergent maker's instructions)
Warnings
- Take great care while running water and brushing the shower head: you can be scalded. Source: VBM Domobar (Analogica) instruction manual (MANDOMAN, 06-2020, 5 languages), Wayback copy of 1st-line upload
- Use only detergents made for coffee machines or tableware; nothing with alcohol or ammonia, and no scouring pads. Source: VBM Domobar (Analogica) instruction manual (MANDOMAN, 06-2020, 5 languages), Wayback copy of 1st-line upload
Steps
- Take the filter basket out of the filter holder and fit the supplied blind filter.
From the manual: “Remove the filter from the filter holder and mount the blind filter (1) provided.”
- Put coffee-machine detergent in the blind filter, in the amount the detergent maker specifies.
From the manual: “special detergent for coffee machines (for quantities see manufacturer’s instructions)”
- Switch the machine on and bring it up to temperature as usual.
From the manual: “Start the machine as described in the relevant paragraphs”
- Lock the filter holder with the blind filter onto the group.
From the manual: “Fit the filter holder with the blind filter on the group.”
- Raise the lever and hold it until the pressure gauge reads 12 bar, then lower it; do this 4-5 times. Repeat 4-5 times
From the manual: “hold it up until the pressure gauge (3) reaches 12 bar pressure and then lower”
- Take the filter holder off and empty out the detergent.
From the manual: “Remove the filter holder from the machine and empty the product.”
- Lock the emptied blind-filter holder back in and do the same false deliveries another 4-5 times. Repeat 4-5 times
From the manual: “repeat for 4/5 times the false dispense as described above”
- Remove the filter holder and take the blind filter out.
From the manual: “Remove the filter holder from the machine and remove the blind filter.”
- Raise the lever to run water from the group while scrubbing the shower head with the supplied brush.
From the manual: “make a water supply from the group, cleaning the shower head with the brush supplied”
Sources
Researched on .
Community: the maker’s text, hosted somewhere else, usually by a retailer.