Ascaso BARCELONA BABY T Manuel De L'utilisateur page 26

15 - Maintenance and cleaning
The cleaning and preventive care of the internal system of your machine is vital to
obtain an espresso of optimum quality.
General warning! Cleaning and maintenance must be carried out when the appliance
is cold and disconnected from the mains. Do not immerse the appliance in water. Not
suitable for cleaning in the dishwasher.
1) DAILY CLEANING
• To clean the outside of the machine, use specific products for stainless steel.
• Never clean the screens with alcohol.
• Remove the tray periodically to clean it.
• Immediately after use, clean the steam tube with a damp cloth.
• At the end of the day, clean the steam tube, removing the remaining milk. To do this,
prepare one of the specific cleaner for vapor tubes Ascaso V.8410 following the dosage
indicated on the product. Once prepared, proceed to clean the tube following the
instructions of the cleaning product, without forgetting to repeat the process with clean
water to remove remains of product from the steam tube.
• Drain bowl. Clean the bowl of coffee residues and residues by picking them up with
a spoon.
2) WEEKLY CLEANING
• Clean the coffee group shower and gasket weekly. Use the Ascaso special brush
code V.26 to clean the showers and the filter holder seals.
• Filters and filter holders, weekly. Prepare a solution with detergent ref. V.8401 or
V.8402, following the instructions on the product. Immerse the filters and filter holders
in the solution and leave to soak for at least 20 minutes, and preferably overnight.
Remove from solution and rinse thoroughly in clean water.
• Cleaning internal components, weekly periodicity. With the machine running, replace
the coffee filter in the filter holder with the supplied blind filter. Use cleaning product
ref. V.8401 or V.8402, following instructions specified on it. This process dissolves the
dust contained in the blind filter, cleaning the ducts and the solenoid valve, as well as
the showers and diffusers of the group. You can repeat this process as many times as
necessary and until clean water appears through the discharge of the group.
Once finished, remove the filter holder and operate the group for 30 seconds, passing
clean water.
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